Research Article

Modeling and Synthesis of Ag and Ag/Ni Allied Bimetallic Nanoparticles by Green Method: Optical and Biological Properties

Table 3

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC).

Nanoparticles
Organisms/MIC, MBC & MFC (mg/mL)
Staphylococcus aureusStreptococcus pyogenesEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaCandida albicansTrichophyton rubrum
MIC, MBCMIC, MBCMIC, MBCMIC, MBCMIC, MFCMIC, MFC

Ag 0.5100, 10050, 100100, 100100, 10050, 50100, 100
Ag 1.0100, 10025, 5050, 100100, 10025, 25100, 100
Ag 2.050, 10012.5, 2512.5, 25100, 10012.5, 25100, 100
Ag 3.012.5, 2512.5, 2512.5, 12.5100, 10012.5, 12.550, 100
StatisticsP < 0.05P < 0.05P < 0.05P < 0.05P < 0.05P < 0.05
Ag/Ni 0.550, 10025, 5012.5, 25100, 10050, 10050, 100
Ag/Ni 1.012.5, 2512.5, 12.525, 5050, 10025, 50100, 100
Ag/Ni 2.012.5, 2512.5, 12.512.5, 12.5100, 10012.5, 2512.5, 12.5
Ag/Ni 3.012.5, 12.56.25, 12.56.25, 12.5100, 10012.5, 2512.5, 25
StatisticsP < 0.05 P < 0.05 P < 0.05 P < 0.05 P < 0.05 P < 0.05 
Control3.136.256.256.256.256.25