Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Ananas comosus Fruit Peels: Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activities

Table 1

MIC values of AgNPs, silver nitrate solution (5 mM AgNO₃), and effect of standard antibiotics on the growth of pathogen bacterial and fungal species.

Pathogen microorganism	AgNPs (μg/mL)	Silver nitrate (μg/mL)	Standard antibiotics(μg/mL)
S. aureus ATCC 29213	0.50	2.65	2.00
B. subtilis ATCC 11774	0.25	1.32	1.00
E. coli ATCC 25922	1.00	0.66	2.00
P. aeruginosa ATCC27833	2.00	1.32	4.00
C. albicans (clinical isolate)	0.50	0.66	2.00

Vancomycin: Gram-positive strains (S. aureus and B. subtilis), colistin: Gram-negative strains (E. coli and P. aeruginosa), and fluconazole: C. albicans.