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. 2018 Jan 20;10(1):96. doi: 10.3390/polym10010096

Table 1.

Minimal inhibitory concentration against E. coli and S. aureus and hemolytic activity of functional polyglycidols with defined microstructures P(GTMAPA15-co-GDDA12) (5), P(GAPDEMA16-co-GDDA11) (6), P(GDDAc, q)27 (10), P(GTMAPA14-co-GDDADDAc13) (12).

Mn,NMR a (g·mol−1) MIC100 b,c (µg/mL) HC50 d (µg/mL)
Polymer Microstructure E. coli S. aureus
5 P(GTMAPA15-co-GDDA12) 10,111 30 20 >>500 f
6 P(GAPDEMA16-co-GDDA11) 9608 30 30 100
10 P(GDDAc, q)27 18,947 30 >200 <10
12 P(GTMAPA14-co-GDDADDAc13) 13,476 200 d >200‒500 e <10

a Molecular weight (Mn,NMR) calculated from 1H NMR with an accuracy of integration of ±5%; b Minimum inhibitory concentration which prevents the visible growth of 100% of the bacteria within 20 h monitoring time; c Inoculum size = 1 × 106–2 × 106 CFU·mL−1; d HC50: concentration causing 50% lysis (hemolysis) of red blood cells (RBCs) relative to Triton X-100 (positive control, 100%), linear polyglycidol PG27 (1) HC50 >> 500 µg/mL; e Non-growth value due to turbidity of solution caused by the polymer; f 10–500 µg/mL of polymer 5 causing agglutination of RBC, and about 6% (at 10 µg/mL)–40% (at 500 µg/mL) hemolysis.