Characterization and Biocompatibility of Chitosan Gels with Silver and Gold Nanoparticles

Table 3

Average (in mm) of the different inhibition zones obtained by the gels tested in each bacterium.

Label	Reference strains				Clinical isolates
	S. mutans ATCC 25175	S. mutans ATCC 81146	S. aureus ATCC 29213	E. coli ATCC 25922	S. mutans 54 : 2	S. mutans 71 : 15	S. mutans 58 : 3	S. mutans 51 : 2
Ag1Ch3.5	16.81 ± 0.2	10.58 ± 9.31	17.45 ± 1.71	14.67 ± 0.14	8.68 ± 0.65	10.39 ± 3.2	8.51 ± 0.3	9.29 ± 3.46
Ag05Ch3.5	15.16 ± 1.60	14.68 ± 1.16	19.31 ± 0.60	14.32 ± 1.09	5.89 ± 5.22	5.15 ± 4.46	9.04 ± 3.1	9.38 ± 4.33
Ag02Ch3.5	14.36 ± 0.62	12.29 ± 4.52	16.76 ± 3.20	14.75 ± 0.12	8.68 ± 2.4	5.05 ± 4.37	5.35 ± 4.64	5.68 ± 9.84
Ag1Ch1.7	16.65 ± 0.98	15.58 ± 1.64	19.23 ± 3.45	15.41 ± 0.12	9.24 ± 2.85	11.88 ± 3.1	9.68 ± 3.58	11.55 ± 4.28
Ag1Ch.875	16.87 ± 2.71	18.17 ± 1.55	17.32 ± 1.44	15.84 ± 0.40	9.63 ± 2.4	11.16 ± 5.7	10.2 ± 3.5	13.08 ± 4.57
Au02Ch3.5	17.03 ± 2.39	12.38 ± 4.36	17.4 ± 0.76	14.23 ± 0.57	9.15 ± 2.52	8.56 ± 0.77	7.99 ± 0.57	9.57 ± 0.9
Au01Ch3.5	14.43 ± 0.50	9.12 ± 7.91	17.91 ± 2.3	13.17 ± 0.35	7.07 ± 6.31	6.06 ± 5.27	7.93 ± 0.58	11.67 ± 3.87
Au005Ch3.5	15.49 ± 0.28	11.95 ± 4.45	16.23 ± 0.58	14.44 ± 0.43	4.04 ± 6.99	2.67 ± 4.62	7.88 ± 0.5	6.79 ± 6.29
Au02Ch1.7	15.16 ± 0.48	15.34 ± 3.43	17.88 ± 0.87	15.05 ± 0.10	11.08 ± 3.2	9.54 ± 1.58	7.58 ± 0.21	11.94 ± 0.59
Au02Ch.875	15.96 ± 0.74	14.62 ± 4.13	17.48 ± 0.80	16.29 ± 0.84	10.54 ± 2.6	10.03 ± 0.1	7.63 ± 0.48	10.72 ± 0.66
Ch2	9.97 ± 1.02	0	11.73 ± 1.49	9.09 ± 1.22	0	0	0	0
Ch4	8.41 ± 1.24	0	12.06 ± 1	11.02 ± 0.18	0	0	0	0
Ch6	19.06 ± 1.63	18.37 ± 0.33	21.1 ± 2.55	17.1 ± 0.93	6.95 ± 6.02	13.59 ± 1.4	11.4 ± 2.08	14.07 ± 1.65