Research Article
Oxidative Stress and Antimicrobial Activity of Chromium(III) and Ruthenium(II) Complexes on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
Table 1
Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) shown by complexes and ligands against test bacteria.
| | MIC in µg/mL (mmol/L) | | Staphylococcus aureus | Escherichia coli |
| Cr(phen)33+ | 1 (0.0011) | 0.25 (0.0003) | Cr(phen)2(dppz)3+ | 0.5 (0.0004) | 0.125 (0.0001) | CrCl3·6 H2O | No activity | No activity | Ru(phen)32+ | >1024 (>1.437) | >1024 (>1.437) | Ru(bpy)32+ | >1024 (>1.599) | >1024 (>1.599) | Dipyrido3,2-a:2′,3′-c-phenazine | No activity | No activity | 1,10-Phenanthroline | No activity | No activity | 2,2′-Bipyridine | No activity | No activity | Ciprofloxacin | 0.5 (0.0013) | 0.125 (0.0003) |
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