Research Article

Injectable Nanocurcumin-Formulated Chitosan-g-Pluronic Hydrogel Exhibiting a Great Potential for Burn Treatment

Table 1

MIC of raw curcumin, hydrogel, and nCur-CP against different microbes. In each concentration of nC-CP, the content of curcumin was determined based on the content of curcumin in the stock of nCur-CP and series dilution.

OrganismsMIC
Raw curcumin (ppm)Hydrogel (mg/ml)nCur-CP(mg/ml)

E. coli1.618.753.0 (0.32 ppm curcumin)
S. typhimurium437.54.5 (0.48 ppm curcumin)
P. aeruginosa29.00.75 (0.08 ppm curcumin)
S. aureus0.96151.5 (0.16 ppm curcumin)