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Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
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2012
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Tab 5
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Research Article
Spectroscopic, Thermal, and Antimicrobial Studies of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) Complexes Derived from Bidentate Ligands Containing N and S Donor Atoms
Table 5
Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized compounds.
Compound
Diameter of growth of inhibition zone (mm)
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus subtilis
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Candida albicans
HL
1
17.3
19.6
15.2
12.7
15.2
Co(L
1
)
2
·2H
2
O
17.4
16.5
16.3
—
19.5
Ni(L
1
)
2
·2H
2
O
18.2
16.9
15.4
—
16.5
Cu(L
1
)
2
17.2
18.4
17.6
21.2
19.5
Zn(L
1
)
2
·2H
2
O
15.4
16.8
17.4
17.6
15.8
HL
2
15.4
12.6
15.4
13.7
15.3
Co(L
2
)
2
·2H
2
O
—
14.6
19.4
17.3
14.8
Ni(L
2
)
2
·2H
2
O
—
14.8
16.2
17.3
17.9
Cu(L
2
)
2
—
—
19.2
17.4
14.6
Zn(L
2
)
2
·2H
2
O
15.4
—
13.3
12.4
15.7
Ciprofloxacin
23.0
24.0
23.0
20.0
nt
—: Indicates no activity, nt: not tested.
