Bovine Serum Albumin and Chitosan Coated Silver Nanoparticles and Its Antimicrobial Activity against Oral and Nonoral Bacteria

Table 1

Physical and chemical properties of BSA and CS coated SNP.

SNP sample (nm)	Diameter DLS (nm)	Diameter TEM (nm)	Shape	Zeta potential (mV)
10.7	10.7	—	—
38.3	38.3	—	—
110.8	110.8	—	—
BSA 22.9	22.9 ± 8.5	11.0 ± 3.2	Spherical
BSA 32.7	32.7 ± 8.3	19.4 ± 5.2	Spherical
BSA 113.3	113.3 ± 39.3	94.4 ± 17.6	Pseudospherical
CS 29.7	29.7 ± 12.1	11.9 ± 2.7	Spherical
CS 41.0	41.0 ± 6.8	27.6 ± 4.1	Spherical
CS 116.6	116.6 ± 4.6	96.0 ± 13.5	Pseudospherical

Diameters and zeta potential are expressed in average and standard deviation; noncoated samples were prepared one time only; DLS: Dynamic Lighting Scattering; TEM: Transmission Electron Microscopy. —: not applicable.