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Table 2 Antibacterial activity of M. charantia extract, AgNPs and Ag-Extract-NPs

From: Characterization of phytoconstituents and evaluation of antimicrobial activity of silver-extract nanoparticles synthesized from Momordica charantia fruit extract

Items

Zone of inhibition (mm)

S. aureus

S. typhi

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

ATCC 25923

ATCC 14028

ATCC 25922

ATCC 27853

M. charantia extract (50 μg/ml)

16.6 ± 0.5***

8 ± 0.3***

28.0 ± 0.9*

20.6 ± 0.7***

AgNPs (50 μg/ml)

14.4 ± 0.5***

6.4 ± 0.4***

20.6 ± 0.9***

20.0 ± 0.6***

Ag-Extract-NPs (50 μg/ml)

24.8 ± 0.7***

7.4 ± 0.4***

34.6 ± 0.8***

26.4 ± 0.4*

Ciprofloxacin (20 μg/ml)

23.2 ± 0.4

21.4 ± 0.5

25.6 ± 0.5

25.2 ± 0.4

  1. Mean ± SEM (n = 5); Data was analyzed using one way ANOVA followed by Dunnet’s t-test and compared with standard. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.005 were considered significant