DISCUSSION
The search for antimicrobials from natural sources has received much
attention and efforts have been put in to identify compounds that can
act as suitable antimicrobials agent to replace synthetic ones.
Phytochemicals derived from plant products serve as a prototype to
develop less toxic and more effective medicines in controlling the
growth of microorganism21,22. These compounds have significant
therapeutic application against human pathogens including bacteria,
fungi or virus. Numerous studies have been conducted with the
extracts of various plants, screening antimicrobial activity as well as
for the discovery of new antimicrobial compounds23,24
In the present investigation, different extracts of M. azedarach was
evaluated for exploration of their antimicrobial activity against
certain Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria, fungus which was
regarded as human pathogenic microorganism. Susceptibility of
each plant extract was tested by serial microdilution method (MIC)
and agar well diffusion method was determined.
. Therefore,
medicinal plants are finding their way into pharmaceuticals,
neutralceuticals and food Supplements.