Research Article
Graphene Quantum Dots: Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potential
Table 2
Zone of inhibition (ZOI) and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of GQDs against different microbes.
| S. No | Microbes | ZOI of GQDs (100 mg/ml) | ZOI of mango extract (100 mg/ml) | MIC (mg/ml) |
| 1 | S. aureus | 15.0 ± 0.2 | 14.2 ± 0.3 | 0.391 | 2 | P. aeruginosa | 9.9 ± 0.2 | 9.3 ± 0.3 | 12.5 | 3 | E. coli | 7.2 ± 0.4 | 7.1 ± 0.2 | >100 | 4 | B. subtilis | 15.4 ± 0.2 | 15.1 ± 0.4 | 0.781 | 5 | Aspergillus flavus | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 12.5 | 6 | Aspergillus niger | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 25 |
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