Research Article

Antibacterial Screening of Gunnera perpensa-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles

Table 1

Antibacterial activity of AgNPs from the aqueous and methanolic leaf extracts of G. perpensa.

BacteriaZone of inhibition (mm)
G. perpensa AgNPsControls
Aqueous (30 μg/ml)Methanolic (30 μg/ml)DMSOAgNO3 (30 μg/ml)

(1) E. coli B35788.7 ± 0.38.5 ± 0.506.7 ± 0.0
(2) E. coli U109488.0 ± 0.58.7 ± 0.606.5 ± 0.5
(3) E. coli P40558.3 ± 0.69.0 ± 0.506.0 ± 0.0
(4) S. aureus S61587.8 ± 0.37.3 ± 0.307.5 ± 0.0
(5) S. aureus P42158.8 ± 0.38.5 ± 0.506.7 ± 0.3
(6) S. aureus S58787.0 ± 0.97.5 ± 0.506.3 ± 0.3