Table 6.

Antibacterial activities of AgNPs

Biological entity	Testmicroorganism	Method	Reference
Citrullus colocynthis	Escherichia coli	Agar diffusion method	153
Pterocarpus santalinus	E. coli	NA	154
Madhuca longifolia flower extract	Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, E. coli, Salmonella typhimurium	Agar well diffusion method	220
Aspergillus clavatus fungus	E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa	NA	221
Chenopodium murale leaf extract	E. coli	Cup–plate agar-diffusion method	222
Iresine herbstii leaf extract	Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, E. coli	Agar-diffusion method	223
Beetroot	E. coli, P. aeruginosa, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus	NA	224
Dioscorea bulbifera plant	St. aureus, E. faecalis, E. coli	Diskc diffusion method	225
Rosa indica flower petals	E. coli, P. aeruginosa, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus	Agaer well diffusion method	226
Ocimum tenuiflorum plant	NA	Agar well diffusion method	227
Cassia fistula fruit extract	E. coli, Klebsiella pneumonia	Disk diffusion method
Chitosan polymer	S. aureus	Parallel-streak method, colony-counting method	114
Chitosan polymer	E. coli (ATCC 25922), S. aureus (ATCC 6538)	Agar disk diffusion method	228
Oxidized AgNPs	E. coli	Cup–plate agar-diffusion method	229
Gallic acid	E. coli	Microdilution method	230
AgNPs	E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, P. aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi	Agar diffusion method	73

Abbreviations: NPs, nanoparticles; NA, not available.