Antimicrobial Activities of Lawsonia inermis - A Review

World is endowed with a rich wealth of medicinal plants. Man cannot survive on this earth for long life without the plant kingdom because the plant products and their active constituents played an important role. There is a widespread belief that green medicines are healthier and more harmless or safer than synthetic ones. Medicinal plants have been used to cure a number of diseases. Though the recovery is slow, the therapeutic use of medicinal plant is becoming popular because of its inability to cause side effects and antibiotic resistant microorganisms. Seeking healing by using plants is an ancient practice. Various cultures applied poultices and imbibed infusions of hundreds, if not thousands of indigenous plants dating back to prehistory. The development of new antimicrobial agents is a research area of the utmost importance.