Emulsion Electrospun Fiber Mats of PCL/PVA/Chitosan and Eugenol for Wound Dressing Applications

Table 2

Antibacterial efficiency of EUG loaded into electrospun PCL/PVA/CS fiber mats against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa, expressed in percentage of bacterial reduction (%R).

		S. aureus			P. aeruginosa
Samples		CFU/mL	Growth reduction (%)		CFU/mL	Growth reduction (%)
W/O emulsion blend PCL/PVA/CS	0 h	8.86E + 04	—	0 h	1.77E + 06	—
	24 h	3.04E + 06	—	24 h	6.02E + 07	—
W/O emulsion blend PCL/PVA/CS + 5% owf EUG		2.30E + 05	92.43%		3.20E + 06	94.68%
O/W emulsion blend PCL/PVA/CS	0 h	9.78E + 04	—	0 h	2.21E + 06	—
	24 h	2.51E + 06	—	24 h	1.90E + 08	—
O/W emulsion blend PCL/PVA/CS + 5% owf EUG		4.25E + 05	83.08%		2.31E + 07	87.85%