Research Article

Enhanced Antifungal Effect of Chitosan/Pepper Tree (Schinus molle) Essential Oil Bionanocomposites on the Viability of Aspergillus parasiticus Spores

Table 3

Zeta potential of chitosan nanoparticles and chitosan/pepper tree essential oil bionanocomposites.

SystemDiameter (nm)Zeta potential (mV)

CS Np494 168+11.1 1.60
CS EO Np754 7.5+9.1 1.74

Data, followed by their standard errors, are means of at least three experiments. Treatment means were separated using the Tukey test (). Different letters in superscript indicate significant differences ().