Phytochemistry And Antimicrobial Screening Of Stem Bark Of Murraya Koenigii(Linn) Spreng

Abstract

Plants have been one of the important sources of medicines since the beginning of human civilization. There is a growing demand for plant based medicines , health products, pharmaceuticals , food supplements, cosmetics etc.there is no evidence regarding the antimicrobial studies in petroleum ether, chloroform ,alcohol extracts and acetone extracts studied together and even the isolated compounds of Murraya koeniggii compared with the synthetic carbazole alkaloids . A review of chemical constituents present in stem bark of Murraya koenigii and their search for antimicrobial activity is given in the present article .Anti-bacterial activity and antifungal activity of Murraya koenigii were studied against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans respectively. The maximum inhibitory zone of inhibition of coumarin was against (22mm) Bacillus substillus and Candida albicans (21 mm).