India has a very wide variety of flora and out of that lots of plants are claiming different kind of medicinal activities. The antibacterial investigations were carried out of crude extracts obtained from Mucuna pruriens seeds, Agave americana leaves, Anethum graveolens fruits, Strychnos nuxvomica seeds and Semecarpus anacardium nuts by soxhlet extraction method. The effects of methanolic extracts were investigated for activity against Bacillus subtillis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by the agar disc diffusion method. The results obtained in study shows that M. Pruriens and A. graveolens extract can be a potential source of natural antibacterial agent as compared to other plants.
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