Research Article
Selective Modification of Chitosan to Enable the Formation of Chitosan-DNA Condensates by Electron Donator Stabilization
Table 2
Mean zeta potential of condensed DNA particles formed using modified polymers and the standard deviation associated with the measurements.
| Zeta potential | Condensing agent | Mean (mV) | Std Dev |
| Chitosan, pure | −0.64 | 1.0 | Methyl addition | 0.00 | 0.0 | Alcohol addition | −2.59 | 2.29 | Chlorine addition | −25.49 | 3.3 | Cyclohexane addition | −3.20 | 4.6 | Benzene addition | −5.21 | 3.0 | Phthalic addition | −23.46 | 16.7 |
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