Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized by using whole plant extracts of Clitoria ternatea

This study highlights the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using whole plant extractsof Clitoria ternatea. Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles was assessed by using discdiffusion method against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli andKlebsiella pneumoniae, since Bacillus species and S. aureus strains may cause diarrhoea andan enteropathogenic form of E. coli, and Klebsiella species may cause food poising. Theresults of this study clearly indicate that silver nanoparticles synthesized from plant extractsof Clitoria ternatea has many pharmaceutical applications for the control of deadlypathogens.