In Vitro Antifungal and Antivirulence Activities of Biologically Synthesized Ethanolic Extract of Propolis-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles against Candida albicans

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of EEP-NPs and polymer-NPs.

Formulations	Mean particle size (nm)	Zeta potential (mV)	PDI	Encapsulation efficiency (%)	Loading capacity (%)
EEP-NP 1	379.2 ± 21.6	−2.6 ± 1.4	0.36 ± 0.02	92.1 ± 0.5	28.6 ± 1.1
Polymer-NP 1	424.7 ± 7.7	−1.4 ± 1.6	0.42 ± 0.01	—	—
EEP-NP 2	418.4 ± 35.3	−3.9 ± 0.5	0.57 ± 0.08	91.5 ± 0.9	42.0 ± 1.8
Polymer-NP 2	474.5 ± 47.7	−2.1 ± 1.0	0.54 ± 0.09	—	—
EEP-NP 3	229.5 ± 38.4	−1.2 ± 1.1	0.73 ± 0.13	89.90 ± 0.8	56.7 ± 3.4
Polymer-NP 3	178.2 ± 88.9	−2.2 ± 1.1	0.96 ± 0.04	—	—