ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST HUMAN PATHOGENS

Abstract

Medicinal plants constitute an effective source of both traditional and modern medicines. The emergence of drug
resistant bacteria mandates the need for newer antibiotics. The present paper deals with the antimicrobial activities of seed extracts
of Ricinus communis and leaves extract of Tridax procumbens, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Majorana hortensis, Origanum majorana
antimicrobial activity against some human pathogenic bacteria ,Staphylococcus. The aqueous extracts of seeds & leaves were
screened for their antibacterial activity using agar disc diffusion method. The aqueous seed extracts showed zone of inhibition
against the tested pathogens.