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

Table 2

Nomenclature used to describe the concentration of both chitosan nanoparticles and chitosan/pepper tree essential oil biocomposites.

Pepper tree essential oil (EO)		Chitosan nanoparticles (CS)		Chitosan/EO bionanocomposites (CSEO)
Treatment	EO concentration (µg/mL)	Treatment	Chitosan concentration (g/mL)	Treatment	EO concentration (g/mL)	Chitosan concentration (µg/mL)
EO-A	200	CS-A	150.9	CSEO-A	200	150.9
EO-B	100	CS-B	75.5	CSEO-B	100	75.5
EO-C	50	CS-C	37.7	CSEO-C	50	37.7
EO-D	25	CS-D	18.9	CSEO-D	25	18.9
EO-E	12.5	CS-E	9.4	CSEO-E	12.5	9.3
Control	0	Control	0	Control	0	0