Table 2.

Relative percentages of fatty acids and values for UI in Candida cells (grown in the absence and presence of AgNps)

Fatty acids	No AgNps (area %)	5 µg/mL AgNps (area %)	40 µg/mL AgNps (area %)
C10:0	0.34±0.1	0.34±0.02	0.43±0.13
C12:0	0.705±0.30	0.46±0.03	0.58±0.05
C14:0	14.25±2.80	10.75±0.89	9.87±1.43
C16:0	9.97±0.36	11.9±1.01	12.19±0.26
C16:1	5.3±0.16	7.5±0.28	8.09±0.34
C17:0	0.28±0.04	0.6±0.14	0.54±0.19
C18:0	1.67±0.06	1.81±0.02	2.36±0.21
C18:1	11.5±0.49	9.47±0.59	5.94±0.77
C18:2	2.92±0.91	2.28±0.15	1.91±0.82
C18:3	0.7±0.04	0.79±0.02	0.74±0.12
UI	0.25±0.01	0.24±0.0006**	0.20±0.01***

Notes: Values are mean ± SD of three independent sets of experiments.

^**represents p<0.01 and

^***represents p<0.001, calculated with respect to “no AgNps.”

Abbreviations: AgNps, silver nanoparticles; SD, standard deviation; UI, unsaturation index.