Table 3.
Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized silver nanoparticles at different concentrations, ethyl acetate fraction and silver nitrate solution, tested by well diffusion method.
| Organism | Inhibition zone diameter (mm) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver nanoparticles | Ethyl acetate fraction 0.45 mg/100 µL | Silver nitrate solution 0.45 mg/100 µL | |||||
| 0.05 mg/100 µL | 0.15 mg/100 µL | 0.25 mg/100 µL | 0.35 mg/100 µL | 0.45 mg/100 µL | |||
| Bacillus subtilis | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 31 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 23 |
| Sarcina lutea | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 34 | 27 |
| Salmonella paratyphi | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| Escherichia coli | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| Candida albicans | 0 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 27 |