Research Article

A Green Approach to Synthesize Silver Nanoparticles in Starch-co-Poly(acrylamide) Hydrogels by Tridax procumbens Leaf Extract and Their Antibacterial Activity

Table 2

Antibacterial activities of the synthesized hydrogels on gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.

Name of the bacteria (pathogens)Inhibition zone in diameter (mm) for silver nanocomposite hydrogels
Pure hydrogel (c)Starch-co-PAAm-3Starch-co-PAAm-4Starch-co-PAAm-5Starch-co-PAAm-8Starch-co-PAAm-9

E. coli 04.53.04.03.52.5
Bacillus 05.03.54.54.03.5