Research Article

Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Citrate Complexes

Table 2

Bactericidal activity of silver citrate/citric acid complexed solutions against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (30 minutes exposure).

SampleAg content (ppm)CFU/plateDensity CFU/mLLog densityLog reduction

Control 027 7.39
26
22
solution 10016 7.23 0.16
18
18

Silver citrate/citric acid solution 1000 0 0 7.39
0
0