Table 2: Viral inhibitory potential of ZNPs at different time interval.
| Percentage reduction in viral titer ± SD | ||||
| Zn nanoparticles | Time post treatment | |||
| 24 hrs | 4 hrs | 2 hrs | 1 hr | |
| 15 ± 0.8 | 9.5 ± 0.9 | 7.7 ± 1.1 | 0.4 ± 0.02 | OA-ZNPs |
| 100 ± 7.7 | 71 ± 6.4 | 30 ± 1.9 | - | C-ZNPs |
| 100 ± 8.6 | 65.5 ± 5.1 | 19.4 ± 3.7 | 11.7 ± 0.3 | H-ZNPs |