Table 1.
Bacteria | Zone of Inhibition (mm) * | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deionised Water | Carrageenan | Ampicillin (0.1 mg/mL) |
c-AgNP Concentration (mg/mL) | |||||
0.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
E. coli | 0 | 0 | 13.3 ± 0.6 | 8.0 ± 0.0 | 8.3 ± 0.6 | 9.3 ± 0.6 | 9.7 ± 0.6 | 11.7 ± 0.6 |
S. aureus | 0 | 0 | 12.3 ± 0.6 | 7.3 ± 0.6 | 8.0 ± 0.0 | 9.0 ± 0.0 | 9.0 ± 0.0 | 9.7 ± 0.6 |
* Average value of three replicates (n = 3).