| BA | benzoic acid |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| C. albicans | Candida albicans |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| HSF | Human skin fibroblast |
| MDR | multiple drug resistant |
| MPB | Methylparaben |
| MHA | Muller-Hinton agar |
| MHB | Muller-Hinton broth |
| MRSA | methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| PCL | Polycaprolactone |
| PMMA | polymethyl methacrylate |
| PCL | poly (ε-caprolactone) |
| PPB | propylparaben |
| SEM | scanning electron microscope |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| TSB | Tryptic soya broth |