Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Anticancer, and Antimicrobial Properties of Some Metal(II) Complexes of (Substituted) Nitrophenol Schiff Base

Table 2

Zones of inhibition (in mm) of the compounds against various microbes.

Complexes	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Proteus mirabilis	Bacillus subtilis	Bacillus cereus	Samonella typhi	Candida albicans
HL	20.0±0.1	16.0±0.03	10.0±0.12	15.0±0.2	13.0±0.1	20.0±0.02
[MnL2]2H20	9.0±0.1	9.0±0.02	8.0 ± 0	IA	IA	IA
[ZnL2]H20	10.0 ± 0	15.0±0.1	10.0±0.1	11.0±0.02	10.0 ± 0	17.0±0.3
[PdL2]0.25H20	10.0±0.01	7.0±0.1	7.0±0.2	15.0±0.2	IA	16.0±0.25
Gentamycin	24.0±0.12	20.0±0.2	20.0±0.2	16.0±0.3	21.0±0.1	18.0±0.03

Abbreviations: IA: inactive.