Optimized Synthesis of Xanthan gum/ZnO/TiO₂Nanocomposite with High Antifungal Activity against Pathogenic Candida albicans

Table 1

Taguchi design of experiments and fungal growth inhibition rate of xanthan/ZnO/TiO₂ synthesized nanocomposite.

Experiment	Xanthan gum (M)			ZnO (M)			TiO2 (M)			Fungal growth inhibition (%)
	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.09	0.03	0.06	0.09
1		0.01			0.03			0.03		61.73
2		0.01			0.06			0.06		84.11
3		0.01			0.09			0.09		92.51
4		0.02			0.03			0.06		75.64
5		0.02			0.06			0.09		88.32
6		0.02			0.09			0.03		81.17
7		0.03			0.03			0.09		72.98
8		0.03			0.06			0.03		69.44
9		0.03			0.09			0.06		90.47