Research Article

Synthesis, Spectral, and In Vitro Antibacterial Studies of Organosilicon(IV) Complexes with Schiff Bases Derived from Amino Acids

Table 5

Antibacterial activity of ligands and their organosilicon(IV) complexes.

CompoundsInhibition zone (mm) and activity index (AI)a
Bacillus cereus Nocardia spp.Staphylococcus spp.E. coli Klebsiella spp.E. aerogenes
100  g/mL100  g/mL100  g/mL100  g/mL100  g/mL100  g/mL

5.6 (0.394)5.9 (0.450)6.7 (0.453)Inact.Inact.Inact.
7.8 (0.549)8.4 (0.641)8.2 (0.554)3.6 (0.283)2.8 (0.250)3.5 (0.280)
6.6 (0.465)7.2 (0.550)7.9 (0.534)Inact.Inact.Inact.
10.5 (0.739)11.9 (0.908)9.8 (0.662)3.9 (0.307)3.2 (0.286)3.5 (0.280)
9.6 (0.394)9.9 (0.556)9.4 (0.635)6.7 (0.528)5.4 (0.482)6.2 (0.496)
12.6 (0.887)12.7 (0.969)12.9 (0.871)9.5 (0.748)9.9 (0.884)8.7 (0.696)
8.5 (0.599)8.1 (0.618)8.7 (0.587)6.2 (0.488)7.4 (0.661)7.1 (0.568)
10.6 (0.745)12.4 (0.947)12.1 (0.818)9.8 (0.772)9.5 (0.848)10.8 (0.864)
Streptomycin14.213.114.812.711.212.5

(AI): inhibition zone of test compounds/inhibition zone of standard.