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Abstract
A vast variety of plants in India are of medicinal importance. A large number of chemical compounds of medicinal significance have been isolated from plants. The conventional crude drug are mainly synthesized from the different plant extracts. Different parts of plants (root, leaves and flowers) produce different types of metabolites which can have different bioactivities. Plants consist of a range of different property compounds which show two different way of its effect on the microorganism; either suppress the growth of microorganism or cause the death of pathogen. Such components can be exploited as potent molecules/compounds in the search of new antibiotic drugs. In the current situation of increasing drug resistance, there is need to explore for novel antimicrobial compounds.