AgNPs	Silver nanoparticles
WHO	World Health Organization;
CDC	Communicable Disease Center
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
E. aerogenes	Enterobacter aerogenes
S. typhimurium	Salmonella typhimurium
S. aureus	Staphylococcus aureus
E. faecalis	Enterococcus faecalis
B. cereus	Bacillus cereus
E. coli	Escherichia coli
S. flexneri	Shigella flexneri
MBC	Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
TGA	Thermogravimetric analysis
MIC50	Minimum inhibitory concentration 50
THF	Tetrahydrofuran
CH3CN	Acetonitrile
FTIR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
HCl	Hydrochloric acid
UV-Vis	Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
MeOH	Methanol
DMSO	Dimethylsulfoxide
AFM	Atomic force microscopy
PVP	Polyvinylpyrrolidone
MTT	(3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) tetrazolium
DLS	Dynamic Light Scattering
HHF	Human Foreskin Fibroblast
KBr	Potassium bromide
DCM	Dichloromethane
DMF	Dimethylformamide