Table 1.

Minimum inhibition concentrations (MICs) of CMC, QCMC, Ag NPs and QCMC-Ag; the concentration of silver released from Ag NPs and QCMC-Ag.

Sample Code	MICs (%, w/v, n = 3)	Ag Release after 24 h (µg/mL)
Blank	-1	-
PBS	-1	-
CMC	2	-
QCMC	0.5	-
Ag NPs	0.025	1.3
QCMC-Ag	0.005	0.12

¹ No antibacterial properties.