Table 1 Stability study of thymol nanoemulsion after 3 months.

From: Thymol nanoemulsion exhibits potential antibacterial activity against bacterial pustule disease and growth promotory effect on soybean

Sonication time (min)

Z-average (nm)

PDI value

Zeta potential (mV)

% CI

10

783.83 ± 4.59a

0.383 ± 0.01a

−38.23 ± 0.63c

93.16 ± 0.08d

20

678.90 ± 5.84b

0.355 ± 0.01ab

−37.30 ± 0.65c

94.82 ± 0.12c

30

650.66 ± 3.18c

0.300 ± 0.04ab

−36.20 ± 0.50bc

96.55 ± 0.11b

40

498.73 ± 2.70d

0.252 ± 0.01bc

−34.06 ± 0.35ab

99.60 ± 0.02a

50

293.13 ± 0.93e

0.155 ± 0.01c

−32.66 ± 0.51a

100 ± 0.00a

  1. Each value is mean of triplicates. Mean ± SE followed by same letter in column are not significantly different at p = 0.05 as determined by Tukey-Kramer HSD.