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The authors are thankful to the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, for funding the project work. Adnan Azeem thanks the Colocon Asia Pvt. for providing gift samples of surfactants and oils (Gattefosse, France), Nikko Chemicals (Tokyo, Japan) for Sefsol-218, and USV (Mumbai, India) for the gift sample of ropinirole.

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Azeem, A., Rizwan, M., Ahmad, F.J. et al. Nanoemulsion Components Screening and Selection: a Technical Note. AAPS PharmSciTech 10, 69–76 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-008-9178-x

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