Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) Fruit Extract Activity against Some Pathogenic Bacterial Strains by Disc Diffusion Method

Medicinal plant is very important one in human health, it will act as an antibactericide activity against the bacterial pathogens, that is followed from ancient times (Zaikaa, 1988). Plant can serve as a source of innovation therapeutic agents against the infectious diseases (Singh, 2013). The natural products derived from medicinal plants have been used for years in traditional medicine to treat the different diseases and many of them possess antimicrobial activities (Vikas et al., 2012 and Pandey et al., 2012). According to estimate 80% population depends on plant derived products as medicine to meet the demands (Haq, 2004). The plant extract and secondary metabolites possess antimicrobial, antifungal or antiviral activities. The various plants products that are regularly used for their therapeutic potential and plants or plants products, that form the part of the food or as dietary components, has been receiving considerable attention. Though much is known about the chemistry and the antimicrobial action of several phytochemical, very few reports are available on the phenolic compound an injury of membrane functions has been proposed as a mechanism of action (Aizenman, 1978; Mitscher, 1978; Sashidhar, 2002; Davidson and Branen, 1981). The term spices refer to aromatic pungent vegetable International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 3 (2017) pp. 561-566 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com