Table 2.
Antibacterial and antifungal activities of copper(II) complexes of BAAPTS and MBAAPTS.
| Complexes | Antibacterial activity | Antifungal activity | ||||
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| Bs | Sa | Ec | St | A niger | C albicans | |
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| CuCl2(H2O)(BAAPTS) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | + | + |
| CuBr2(H2O)(BAAPTS) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 09 | + | + |
| Cu(NO3)2(H2O)(BAAPTS) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | + | + |
| Cu(NCS)2(H2O)(BAAPTS) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | ++ | ++ |
| Cu(CH3COO)2(H2O)(BAAPTS) | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | + | + |
| CuCl2(H2O)(MBAAPTS) | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ++ | ++ |
| CuBr2(H2O)(MBAAPTS) | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ++ | ++ |
| Cu(NO3)2(H2O)(MBAAPTS) | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | ++ | ++ |
| Cu(NCS)2(H2O)(MBAAPTS) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | ++ | + |
| Cu(CH3COO)2(H2O)(MBAAPTS) | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | ++ | ++ |
| Ampicillin | 24 | 22 | 17 | 16 | — | — |
| Tetracycline | 18 | 17 | 21 | 22 | — | — |
| Salicylic acid | — | — | — | — | + + ++ | + + ++ |
*Result of representative experiments.