Table 1.
Items | Curcumin (100 μg/mL) | Curcumin nanoparticles (μg/mL) | SEM | p Value | ||||
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100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | ||||
Staphylococcus aureus MTTC 1809 | 13.33 e | 19.33 d | 21.67 d | 25.67 c | 28.33 b | 31.00 a | 0.831 | <0.0001 |
Bacillus subtilis MTCC 430 |
14.67 e | 19.00 d | 20.67 d | 23.33 c | 26.33 b | 28.67 a | 0.612 | <0.0001 |
Salmonella enterica MTCC 1253 | 12.33 e | 15.67 d | 18.67 c | 21.33 b | 23.67 ab | 26.00 a | 0.793 | <0.0001 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 741 | 11.33 d | 13.67 d | 17.33 c | 19.67 bc | 21.67 ab | 23.33 a | 0.882 | <0.0001 |
a–e: Means in the same row with no superscript letters after them or with a common superscript letter following them are not significantly different (p < 0.05).