Research Article

Antimicrobial Effects of Gum Arabic-Silver Nanoparticles against Oral Pathogens

Table 2

ZOIs as a measure of antimicrobial activity of GA-AgNPs.

MicrobesZOIs (mm)
GAEGA-AgNPs_0.1gGA-AgNPs_0.4g0.2% CHXNystatin

S. sanguinis09.96 ± 0.0913.38 ± 0.1019.74 ± 0.08
S. mutans010.48 ± 0.0416.62 ± 0.3422.65 ± 0.05
L. acidophilus09.77 ± 0.0213.92 ± 0.2018.53 ± 0.10
C. albicans012.44 ± 0.2817.97 ± 0.4122.86 ± 0.01