Antibacterial activity of Kedrostis foetidissima ( Jacq ) Cong

Medicinal plants are the nature s gift to human beings to make disease free healthy life. In India different extracts are used for the treatment of various diseases. Total 50% modern drugs are of natural products origin and as such these natural products play an important role in the drug development pharmaceutical industry. Use of plant as a source of medicine has been inherited and is an important component of the health care system (Hidayathulla et al., 2011). Several antibiotics used for the treatment of human infections, which have limited antimicrobial spectrum. Medicinal plants are the backbone of traditional medicine and the antibacterial activity of plant extract is due to different chemical agent in antimicrobial compounds (Arulmozhi et al., 2007). Last ten years the peace of development of new antimicrobial drugs has slowed down while the prevalence of resistance has increased astronomically (Hugo et al., 1984). Ethanobotanical records suggest that plants are the sleeping against of pharmaceutical industry (Irobi et al., 1996). Antimicrobial properties of medicinal plants are being increasingly reported from different parts of the world ( Saxena , 1997). It has been reported that the higher plants have shown to be a potential source for the new antimicrobial agents (Mitschern et al., 1987). ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 4 (2013) pp. 104-107 http://www.ijcmas.com