Antimicrobial effect of Brachystegia boehmii extracts and their green synthesised silver zero-valent derivatives on burn wound infectious bacteria

Figures & data

Figure 1. UV–VIS spectra of silver nanoparticles: green synthesised B. boehmii and sodium citrate synthesised (control).

Table 1. Antibacterial activity of extracts of B. boehmii leaves by agar-diffusion method as expressed by the mean ± standard deviation. Ciprofloxacin (A), B. boehmii water extract (B), Methanol extract (BM), Chloroform extract (BC) and Nanoparticles (BN).

		Zones of inhibition (mm)
Organism	A	B	BM	BC	BN	DMSO	AGNO3
EC	17.67 ± 1.52	10.67 ± 0.58	14.67 ± 0.58	12.67 ± 3.22	9.67 ± 0.58	Nil	Nil
KLEB	27.00 ± 1.00	Nil	Nil	Nil	12.00 ± 1.00	Nil	Nil
PA	19.67 ± 0.58	10.00 ± 1.00	20.00 ± 1.00	16.00 ± 1.00	13.00 ± 1.00	Nil	Nil
SA	25.33 ± 1.16	Nil	12.33 ± 0.58	21.67 ± 1.53	9.33 ± 0.58	Nil	Nil
SE	22.00 ± 1.00	9.67 ± 0.58	13.33 ± 0.58	19.67 ± 0.58	10.67 ± 0.58	Nil	Nil

Figure 2. Antimicrobial effect of B. boehmii extracts on burn wound bacteria; E. coli (EC), K. pneumoniae (KLE), P. aeruginosa (PA), S. aureus (SA) and S. epidermidis (SE).

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and analysed during the current study are available in the Figshare repository, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19802719.