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Cell viability. The loading of gentamicin and ... · violet from HMS-chitosan is a sustainable one....
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Thecharacterizaonanalysis(FT-IR,FE-SEM,Zetapotenal)showsasignifi-cantdifferencebetweenHMSandHMS-chitosanintermsoftheFT-IRspectra,thetopologyandtheoverallchargedofthenanomaterial.
ThepreliminaryresultsoftheResazurinassay(cellviability)seemstosuggestthatthedeliveryofgentamicin,coupledwithchlorpromazineinHMS-chitosan,toMRSAreducesthecellviabilityascomparedtogentamicinonly.
However,moreexperimentsonreleaseprofilesandResazurinassayneedtobedonetofurthervalidatetheaboveobservaon.