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.
| Bacteria | Zone of inhibition (mm) | G. perpensa AgNPs | Controls | Aqueous (30 μg/ml) | Methanolic (30 μg/ml) | DMSO | AgNO3 (30 μg/ml) |
| (1) E. coli B3578 | 8.7 ± 0.3 | 8.5 ± 0.5 | 0 | 6.7 ± 0.0 | (2) E. coli U10948 | 8.0 ± 0.5 | 8.7 ± 0.6 | 0 | 6.5 ± 0.5 | (3) E. coli P4055 | 8.3 ± 0.6 | 9.0 ± 0.5 | 0 | 6.0 ± 0.0 | (4) S. aureus S6158 | 7.8 ± 0.3 | 7.3 ± 0.3 | 0 | 7.5 ± 0.0 | (5) S. aureus P4215 | 8.8 ± 0.3 | 8.5 ± 0.5 | 0 | 6.7 ± 0.3 | (6) S. aureus S5878 | 7.0 ± 0.9 | 7.5 ± 0.5 | 0 | 6.3 ± 0.3 |
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