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. 2023 Jan 3;24(1):869. doi: 10.3390/ijms24010869

Table 2.

Literature data on the antibacterial activity of Ag2O NPs and nanocomposites based on them.

№ Material Composition Size (nm); Shape of ZnO-NPs Microorganism Concentration Effect Ref.
1 Ag2O-NPs ~170, nanospheres S. aureus 20–5000 µg/mL Bactericidal [109]
2 Ag2O-NPs 110–120, nanospheres A. flavus,
A. niger,
B. subtilis,
C. albicans,
E. coli,
F. solani,
K. pneumonia,
M. racemosus,
P. aeruginosa,
S. aureus 		28.125–112.5 µg/mL Bacteriostatic Fungistatic [110]
3 Ag2O-NPs 17.45 B. aerius,
B. circulans,
E. coli,
P. aeruginosa 		5–7.5 µg/mL Bacteriostatic Bactericidal [113]
4 Chitosan/Ag2O NPs suspension 10–20, nanospheres E. coli,
S. aureus 		2 µg/mL Bacteriostatic [114]
5 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/Ag2O NPs composite 50–500, rods, nanospheres E. coli Bacteriostatic [115]
6 Ag2O NPs conjugated with starch in different proportions 30–110,
spherical, faceted		 B. cereus,
E. coli,
L. onocytogenes,
P. vulgaris,
P. putida,
S. typhymurium,
S. aureus,
S. saprophyticus 		100 µg/mL Bacteriostatic [111]
7 Ag2O NPs conjugated with silk fibroin 15
Nanospheres		 E. coli,
M. tuberculosis,
S. aureus 		115.9 µg/mL Bacteriostatic [112]
8 Ag2O NPs mixed with chitosan solution ~5 E. coli,
S. aureus,
B. subtilis,
P. aeruginosa 		~5.8 mg/mL Bacteriostatic [116]
9 Polyethersulfone (PES)/cellulose acetate (CA)/Ag2O NPs nanocomposite and Cu·PES/CA/Ag2O NP membranes 20–100 E. coli 8 mg/mL Bacteriostatic [117]
10 PLGA/Ag2O NPs nanocomposite 35
Nanospheres		 E. coli 10 µg/mL Bacteriostatic [60]
11 Fluoroplast/Ag2O NPs nanocomposite 45
nanospheres		 L. monocytogenes,
S. aureus,
P. aeruginosa,
S. typhimurium 		10 µg/mL Bacteriostatic
Bactericidal		 Present
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