| AB | Acinetobacter baumannii |
| AL | Allantoin |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BC | Base without active ingredient containing preservative |
| BHI | Brain heart infusion |
| BioAgNP | Biogenic silver nanoparticles |
| CC50 | Cytotoxic concentration |
| CFU | Colony-forming units |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| EDTA | Ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid |
| FA | Active formulation without preservative |
| FAC | Active formulation containing preservative |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HA | Hyaluronic acid |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MBC | Minimum bactericidal concentration |
| MH | Mueller Hinton |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NCCLS | National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| PA | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDI | Polydispersity index |
| SA | Staphylococcus aureus |
| SI | Selectivity index |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| UEL | State University of Londrina |
| UEM | State University of Maringá |
| XDR | X-ray diffraction spectroscopy |