Table 8.

Antibacterial activity of the Cu NPs & Xim@Cu NPs against different bacterial species

Item	Inhibition zone (mm)
	E. coli		P. aeruginosa		B. subtilis		S. aureus
Cefixime standard	16 ± 1.1		17 ± 1.3		24 ± 0.3		23 ± 0.7
Quinoa	8.3 ± 0.4		9.5 ± 0.7		11.2 ± 0.9		9.7 ± 0.5
NPs	Cu NPs	Xim@Cu NPs	Cu NPs	Xim@Cu NPs	Cu NPs	Xim@Cu NPs	Cu NPs	Xim@Cu NPs
	26 ± 1.1	33 ± 1.7	27 ± 0.4	32 ± 0.4	31 ± 1.6	38 ± 1.6	32 ± 2.2	38 ± 1.8