Antibacterial Activity of 2-Picolyl-polypyridyl-Based Ruthenium (II/III) Complexes on Non-Drug-Resistant and Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Figure 5

DNA cleavage analysis on 0.8% agarose gel. Lane L, 1 kb ladder; C, control DNA; 1, complex 2; 3, BUT; 4, DPA; 6, complex 4; 8, complex 3. The gel indicates that all the complexes had DNA nuclease activity while the ligands did not cleave nor nuclease the DNA.