The extract exhibited antibacterial activity against six out of the eight bacterial strains and also inhibited the fungi- C. albicans (Table 2). The zone of inhibition ranged from 10 ± 0 mm (S. epidermidis) to 13 ± 1 mm (P. mirabilis and B. cereus). Maximum activity was observed against P. mirabilis and B. cereus. The negative control did not inhibit the test strains.