I couldn't find any article that talk about it, only I found some in which used polysaccharide, and it acts as a reducting agent and protecting group. I'm searching for some information with nanoparticles with antifungal effects against candida spp.
ya polysaccharides are very much useful for reducing the silver nanoparticles.. here my friend done some of the work related to silvar nano particles preparation using glucose and glucose xanthates u will try that and u will get better results...
Steve Kuznicki and his group at the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Alberta in Canada prepare zeolites with Ag nanoparticles dispersed through the material Maybe you can use a similar method.