“…The results indicate that increasing the length of the alkyl chain on the 1,2,3-triazolium rings results in a decrease in antifungal activity of starch derivatives (P < 0.05) against all the targeted microorganisms and the antifungal activity increases in the order of 2a > 2b > 2c > 2d > 1a ∼ 1d > starch. It was in accordance with the conclusions of Chandrika et al (2016), Garudachari, Isloor, Satyanarayana, Fun, and Hegde (2014); Yao et al, 2012; while some studies had shown that an increase in chain length of alkyl substituted groups corresponded with an increase in antifungal activity (Zhao et al, 2016). The reasonable interpretation was that the longer alkyl groups had the stronger electron-donating ability and tended to donate more electrons to 1,2,3-triazolium moieties accordingly, which inevitably caused the decrease in the positive charge density of 1,2,3-triazolium moieties and eventually led to reducing in antifungal property (Guo et al, 2007).…”