Research Article

Fabrication, Characterization, and Antibacterial Properties of Electrospun Membrane Composed of Gum Karaya, Polyvinyl Alcohol, and Silver Nanoparticles

Table 1

Diameter (mm) of zone of inhibition (ZOI) for PVA/GK/Ag solutions produced with different concentrations of AgNO3 (1, 2, 4, 5, and 10 mM) and Ag-MEM (1 mM AgNO3). Means were calculated from in triplicate tests on the PVA/GK/Ag solution and nine replicates for the Ag-MEM (±SD).

PVA/GK/Ag solution Ag-MEM
AgNO3 (mM)1245101

E. coli
P. aeruginosa
S. aureus