Table 2. MIC values (μg/mL)^a estimated for complexes [Ag(NO₃)L] (L: L^I, 1; L^II, 2; L^III, 3; L^IV, 4; L^V, 5; L^VI, 6; L^VII, 7; L^VIII, 8).

Compound	S. aureus Newman	B. contaminans IST408	P. aeruginosa 477	E. coli ATCC 25922
1	66 ± 4.8	79 ± 4.4	56 ± 4.3	50 ± 1.0
2	183 ± 3.3	144 ± 1.0	121 ± 2.1	65 ± 1.5
3	˃ 100	˃ 100	86 ± 6.8	˃ 100
4b	73 ± 2.3	36 ± 2.5	19 ± 4.3	20 ± 1.3
5 b	118 ± 1.7	97 ± 1.2	68 ± 1.5	98 ± 1.3
6 b	119 ± 2.9	96 ± 1.6	105 ± 3.0	98 ± 1.3
7 b	95 ± 3.3	81 ± 4.5	39 ± 3.4	49 ± 1.5
8 b	259 ± 2.6	127 ± 4.6	138 ± 4.5	123 ± 4.0
AgNO3b	73 ± 1.9	74 ± 1.4	39 ± 2.0	47 ± 1.1

^a Towards S. aureus, B. contaminans, P. aeruginosa or E. coli. MIC values were estimated by fitting data from cultures optical density (measured at 640 nm) to a modified Gompertz equation (see experimental).

^b Data taken from reference [28].