Figure 4From: Nitric oxide-releasing porous silicon nanoparticlesTime-based inhibition of S. aureus by NO/THCPSi NPs. S. aureus was treated with glucose/THCPSi NPs (blue columns) and NO/THCPSi NPs (orange columns) at different NP concentrations after (a) 2 h and (b) 4 h (initial bacteria density 104 CFU/mL). Statistically significant inhibition as compared with control (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; n = 3; mean ± standard deviation shown).Back to article page