Figure 3.

Antifungal activity of AgNps. (A) Determination of OD₆₀₀ nm by broth microdilution method for Candida cells grown at 30°C in the absence (control) and presence of 5, 40, and 80 μg/mL AgNps, respectively. The values are mean ± SD of three independent sets of experiments. The * represents p<0.05 and *** represents p<0.001 with respect to control. (B) Dose-dependent percentage inhibition determined by broth microdilution method for Candida cells grown at 30°C in the presence of 5 μg/mL (♦), 40 μg/mL (■), and 80 μg/mL (▲) AgNp, respectively. (C) AgNp susceptibility profile determined by spot assay for Candida cells grown in the absence and presence of 5 and 40 μg/mL AgNp, respectively.

Abbreviations: AgNp, silver nanoparticle; OD, optical density.