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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of SM-CuO and SM-Co3O4NCs

From: Green adeptness in synthesis of non-toxic copper and cobalt oxide nanocomposites with multifaceted bioactivities

Name of the microorganisms

Zone of inhibition (cm)

Snail mucus (1: 9) diluted

Azithromycin/Clotrimazole (60 µg/well)

SM-CuONC (60 µg/well)

SM-Co3O4NC (60 µg/well)

Escherichia coli

0.00

2.30 ± 0.26

2.36 ± 0.31

1.60 ± 0.17

Klebsiella pneumoniae

0.00

1.10 ± 0.17

1.93 ± 0.27

1.30 ± 0.17

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0.00

2.12 ± 0.21

1.50 ± 0.26

1.33 ± 0.31

Staphylococcus aureus

0.00

0.98 ± 0.34

1.06 ± 0.18

1.36 ± 0.22

Aspergillus fumigatus

0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

2.36 ± 0.59

1.56 ± 0.22

  1. All the values are mean of three experiments, ± indicates S. D