Table 2.

Inhibitory activity PPE-AgNPs expressed as zone diameter (IZD) and activity index (AI).

Pathogen strains	Inhibition zone diameter (cm)		AI
	Antibiotic (1000 µg/mL)	PPE-AgNPs (1000 µg/mL)
G+ve Bacteria
B. subtilis ATCC 6633	4.10b ± 0.41	4.5a ± 0.41	1.10
E. faecalis ATCC 29212	0.96g ± 0.22	2.5d ± 0.55	2.60
G−ve Bacteria
E. coli ATCC 8379	0.98g ± 0.16	2.0e ± 0.14	2.05
K. pneumoniae ATCC 00607	1.30g ± 0.65	2.5d ± 0.77	1.92
S. typhi DSM 17058	0.96h ± 0.02	2.6d ± 0.11	2.70
S. sonnei DSM 5570	0.98h ± 0.04	2.5d ± 0.30	2.55
Fungi
A. flavus ATCC 9643	2.77c ± 0.02	1.30g ± 0.84	0.48
R. oryzae ATCC 96382	1.88ef ± 0.50	0.96h ± 0.45	0.51

Standard antibiotics were streptomycin, ampicillin, and fluconazole against G^+ve bacteria, G^−ve bacteria and fungi, respectively.*mm, milli meter; AI, activity index; and SE ( ±), standard error. Values in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different, according to²⁹ at a 5% level.