Antifungal Activity of Chitosan Nanoparticles and Correlation with Their Physical Properties

Table 2

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

	Chitosan concentration	Particle size (nm)	PDI	Zeta potential (mV)
	(mg/mL)	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)
LMW	1	174 ± 38.47^*	0.457 ± 0.115	+39 ± 8.56
	2	233 ± 41.38	0.377 ± 0.093	+38 ± 1.85^*
	3	255 ± 42.81	0.510 ± 0.104	+48 ± 4.78^*
HMW	1	210 ± 24.54^*	0.532 ± 0.192	+40 ± 3.16
	2	263 ± 86.44	0.551 ± 0.185	+52 ± 6.27^*
	3	301 ± 72.85	0.566 ± 0.176	+54 ± 5.01^*
TMC	1	433 ± 79.59^*	0.513 ± 0.123	+37 ± 2.75
	2	211 ± 89.26	0.448 ± 0.190	+33 ± 4.79^*
	3	297 ± 64.72	0.243 ± 0.073	+37 ± 2.52^*

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