Figure 3.

(A) The plot of β parameter for different BS:BS mixed systems. A positive β indicates the antagonistic effect and thus a higher CMC, and a negative β indicates a synergistic effect, and thus a lower CMC. The system composed of two conjugated forms of the BS showed the most synergism. The graph was created using six different BS systems. The system composed only of conjugated forms of the BS (PC:SC) showed to be statistically different from almost all other investigated systems, composed of at least one unconjugated form of the BS. (B) The most significant factor affecting the BS:BS mixed system was the secondary conjugated form of the BS. The synergistic effect was enhanced in the systems composed of the secondary conjugated aggregates. The p-value of PC:SC and SU:PC were calculated to be 0.02.