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. 2012 Jul 8;2012:632698. doi: 10.1155/2012/632698

Table 3.

Antifungal activity of chitosan solution and nanoparticles against selected fungi species, n = 3. CS: chitosan; NP: nanoparticles.

Sample Particle size Zeta potential MIC90 (mg/mL)
(nm) (mV) C. albicans F. solani A. niger
Amphotericin B (positive control) 0.002 0.02 0.002
HMW CS solution 3 3 3
LMW CS solution 3 3 3
TMC solution

LMW 174 ± 38.47 +39 ± 8.56 0.25 1
CS NP prepared from 1 mg/mL CS HMW 210 ± 24.54 +40 ± 3.16 1 0.5
TMC 433 ± 79.59 +37 ± 2.75

LMW 233 ± 41.38 +38 ± 1.85 0.8572 0.8572
Cs NP prepared from 2 mg/mL CS HMW 263 ± 86.44 +52 ± 6.27 0.8572 0.8572 1.7143
TMC 211 ± 89.26 +33 ± 4.79

LMW 255 ± 42.81 +48 ± 4.78 0.6072 1.2143
Cs NP prepared from 3 mg/mL CS HMW 301 ± 72.85 +54 ± 5.01 0.6072 1.2143 2.4286
TMC 297 ± 64.72 +37 ± 2.52