Antifungal Activity of Chitosan Nanoparticles and Correlation with Their Physical Properties

Table 1

Mean particle size, PDI, and zeta potential of different concentrations (mg/mL) for chitosan and TMC nanoparticles with constant amount of 0.1% w/v TPP before centrifugation, 𝑛=3.

	Chitosan concentration	Particle size (nm)	PDI	Zeta potential (mV)
	(mg/mL)	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)
LMW	1	101 ± 9.58^*	0.366 ± 0.047	+35 ± 6.53^*
	2	169 ± 13.47^*	0.453 ± 0.018	+43 ± 2.05^*
	3	348 ± 35.74^*	0.594 ± 0.121	+47 ± 4.37^*
HMW	1	136 ± 8.64^*	0.378 ± 0.073	+38 ± 1.68^*
	2	276 ± 46.77^*	0.792 ± 0.167	+50 ± 1.79^*
	3	1265 ± 206.48^*	0.990 ± 0.021	+55 ± 3.46^*
TMC	1	191 ± 21.22^*	0.155 ± 0.095	+22 ± 2.41^*
	2	159 ± 3.00^*	0.192 ± 0.032	+28 ± 3.23^*
	3	212 ± 7.31^*	0.263 ± 0.030	+29 ± 4.33^*

^*Significantly different (𝑃<0.001) between groups for each concentration.