Zone of inhibition and antibacterial activity of PVA/GLE hydrogels after 24 hours incubation against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa.

Sample	Zone of inhibition (mm)		Weight (mg)		Log bacterial colonies after 24 h incubation (CFU mL−1)		Antibacterial activity of hydrogel (% per gram)
	S. aureus	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus	P. aeruginos a
PGL0	0	0	20.9	28.6	14.15	14.22	0.33 ± 0.02a	0.19 ± 0.01a
PGL1	14.93 ± 0.05a	13.94 ± 0.04a	23.9	29.1	10.88	13.04	9.85 ± 0.82b	3.01 ± 0.04b
PGL2	16.46 ± 0.10b	15.42 ± 0.13b	23.2	30.2	10.16	11.38	12.32 ± 0.65c	6.73 ± 0.15c
PGL3	20.31 ± 0.04c	17.52 ± 0.06c	22.8	28.5	9.07	8.28	15.92 ± 0.46d	14.73 ± 0.47d
PGL4	23.84 ± 0.06d	23.32 ± 0.08d	22.3	29.4	8.92	7.98	16.70 ± 0.55d,e	15.01 ± 0.63d,e
PGL5	34.55 ± 0.12e	26.90 ± 0.15e	21.2	29.0	8.80	7.74	17.93 ± 0.78e	15.79 ± 0.29e
Control	—	—	—	—	14.25	14.30	—	—