Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activity Evaluation of Cowpea-Porous-Starch-Formulated Silver Nanoparticles

Table 1

Antibacterial activity and MIC of porous-starch-mediated AgNPs against various bacteria.

Bacterial strains	Zone of Inhibition (mm)
	AgNP concentrations			Controls
	[1 M]	[5 M]	[10 M]	MIC [mg/l]	Starch [10 M]	Ciprofloxacin [10 M]
(1) E. coli	6 ± 0.3	11 ± 0.5	18 ± 0.5	12	0	21 ± 0.0
(2) K. pneumoniae	0	0	16 ± 0.2	16	0	20 ± 0.2
(3) L. monocytogenes	0	0	6 ± 0.4	5	0	20 ± 0.2
(4) S. aureus	0	0	8 ± 0.6	8	0	22 ± 0.3

^aAmount of AgNPs in 100 μl of deionized water (mg/l): 1 M = 5.35 mg/l; 5 M = 26.75 mg/l; and 10 M = 53.5 mg/l. ^bData are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). ^cZero (0) denotes no activity. ^dM denotes Molar.