trans-Cinnamaldehyde, known for its bacterial anti-quorum sensing activity when applied at sublethal concentrations, has gained traction given its potential use against multidrug resistant bacteria. In this work, trans-cinnamaldehyde-loaded oil-in-water nanocapsules coated with chitosan, N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan chloride, N-(2-(N,N,N-trimethylammoniumyl)acetyl) chitosan chloride or N-(6-(N,N,N-trimethylammoniumyl)hexanoyl)chitosan chloride were obtained. All the formulated nanocapsules showed a Z-average hydrodynamic diameter ~ 160 nm and ζ-potential higher than +40 mV. N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan-coated oil-in-water nanocapsules showed the greatest trans-cinnamaldehyde association efficiency (99.3 ± 7.6) % and total payload release (88.6 ± 22.5) %, while N-(6-(N,N,N-trimethylammoniumyl)hexanoyl)chitosan chloride chitosan-coated oil-in-water nanocapsules were the only formulations stable in phosphate buffer saline PBS (pH 7.4) upon incubation at 37 °C for 24 h. Future work should address the stability of the developed nanocapsules in culture media and their biological performance.
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