Table 1. Chemical Structures and Dimensions of α-, β-, γ-Cyclodextrin. Reprinted from [9] with Permission from American Chemical Society

	α-Cyclodextrin	β-Cyclodextrin	γ-Cyclodextrin
Structure
Number of anhydroglucose units	6	7	8
Molecular weight (g/mol)	972	1135	1297
Internal diameter of cavity (Å)	4.7-5.2	6.0-6.5	7.5-8.3
Height (Depth) of cavity (Å)	7.9	7.9	7.9