Research Article

Natural Substances for the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles against Escherichia coli: The Case of Megaphrynium macrostachyum (Marantaceae), Corchorus olitorus (Tiliaceae), Ricinodendron heudelotii (Euphorbiaceae), Gnetum bucholzianum (Gnetaceae), and Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae)

Table 1

Biochemical profile of selected Escherichia coli strain.

CharacterODCINDADHβNAGLDCβGALUREGLULARLSACGATLAR5KGDARLLIPαGLU

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CharacterRPαGALβGLUTREMANRHAMALINOADOCELPLESORMNTASPAβGURαMAL

Result++++++++

ODC: ornithine decarboxylase; ADH: arginine; LDC: lysine decarboxylase; URE: urease; LARL: L-arabitol; GAT: galacturonate; 5KG: 5-ketogluconate; LIP: lipid; RP: red phenol; βGLU: beta-glucosidase; MAN: mannitol; MAL: maltose; ADO: adonitol; PLE: palatinose; βGUR: beta-glucuronidase; MNT: malonate; IND: indole; βNAG: N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase; βGAL: beta-galactosidase; GLU: glucose; SAC: saccharose; LARA:L-arabinose; DARL: D-arabitol; αGLU: alpha-glucosidase; αGAL: alpha-galactose; TRE: trehalose; RHA: rhamnose; INO: inositol; CEL: cellobiose; SOR: sorbitol; αMAL: alpha-maltosidase; ASPA: L-aspartic arylamidase acid.