Figure 3.

Antibacterial activity of AgNPs (5.4 ng/mL silver content) in S. aureus after 2 h. Samples show statistical differences from AgNPs samples at ***P<0.0005; +P<0.2.
Abbreviations: AgNO3, silver nitrate; AgNPs, silver nanoparticles; CSNPs, colloidal silver nanoparticles; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; SNPs, silver nanoparticles.