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. 2021 Jun 10;28(10):5674–5683. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.011

Table 3.

Antimicrobial activity of PPWE, WPWE, and green AgNPs (mean ± SD).

Sample Microorganisms
Bacteria
Fungi
G+
G-
B. cereus S. aureus L. monocytogensis E. coli K. penumonia P. aeruginosa C.g elbrta C. apis C. albicans
PPWE 15 ± 0.1d 18 ± 0.2d 14 ± 0.6d 9 ± 0.8d 11 ± 0.7d 8 ± 0.2d 8 ± 0.2d 10 ± 0.1d 12 ± 0.2d
WPWE 12 ± 0.2e 15 ± 0.3e 11 ± 0.1e 8 ± 0.1e 9 ± 0.0e
PPAgNPs 22 ± 0.5b 25 ± 0.7b 21 ± 0.2b 17 ± 0.3b 18 ± 0.2b 15 ± 0.2b 16 ± 0.5b 17 ± 0.5b 19 ± 0.1b
WPAgNPs 18 ± 0.6c 21 ± 0.1c 17 ± 0.9c 13 ± 0.5c 14 ± 0.3c 11 ± 0.3c 12 ± 0.2c 13 ± 0.4c 15 ± 0.9c
Levofloxacin 25 ± 0.1a 28 ± 0.5a 24 ± 0.1a 20 ± 0.7a 21 ± 0.4a 18 ± 0.5a 19 ± 0.5a 20 ± 0.2a 22 ± 0.3a

Pomegrante peels water extrat (PPWE); watermelon peels water extrat (WPWE); silver nanoparticles fabricated by pomegrnate peels extract (PPAgNPs); silver nanoparticles fabricated by watermelon peels extract (WPAgNPs). Data are means ± SD; Means with different small letters in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05)