Research Article

Microencapsulation of Ruellia tuberosa L. Aqueous Root Extracts Using Chitosan-Sodium Tripolyphosphate and Their In Vitro Biological Activities

Table 2

Assignment of the FTIR spectra.

Peak numberAssignment for R. tuberosa L. extract [31, 32]Assignment for microcapsules of R. tuberosa L. extract [3133]

13408.75 cm−1 for O-H alcohol3246.2 cm−1 for O-H alcohol
22963.22 cm−1 for C-H aliphatic1556.55 cm−1 for C=C aromatics
31588.07 cm−1 for C=C aromatics1415.75 cm−1 for C-H alkanes
41414.49 cm−1 for C-C aromatics1207.44 cm−1 for N-H amines; 1118.71 cm−1 for P=O
51096.25 cm−1 for C-O-C ether