Determination of silver nanoparticle release from antibacterial fabrics into artificial sweat

Table 3 Initial silver content and total silver release in standard formulas of artificial sweat for 24 h

Sample	Initial silver content (mg/kg)	Silver released in artificial sweat (mg/kg)
		AATCC Ph 4.3	ISO Ph 5.5	ISO Ph 8.0	EN Ph 6.5
A0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
A1	36.12 ± 22.42	21.01 ± 4.13	15.53 ± 3.62	34.27 ± 2.88	35.83 ± 19.68
A2	56.57 ± 34.28	33.39 ± 15.80	28.81 ± 10.34	66.54 ± 46.29	77.96 ± 23.80
A3	95.12 ± 33.12	70.15 ± 37.29	72.69 ± 11.99	82.22 ± 26.99	152.20 ± 36.54
A4	425.21 ± 93.73	217.61 ± 81.32	177.13 ± 57.13	268.31 ± 131.15	322.21 ± 87.00
B	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
C	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
D	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
E	15.16 ± 9.90	0.08 ± 0.05	0.01 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.30	0.36 ± 0.10
F	1.22 ± 0.87	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	0.05 ± 0.00
G	0.99 ± 1.53	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.

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