The constituents
(xanthotoxin, imperatorin, isopimpinellin, bergapten and isoimperatorin)
isolated from the seeds are used to prepare cream
and lotion to cure skin diseases. A vast number of medicinal
plants have been recognized as valuable resources of natural
antimicrobial compounds (Mahady, 2005). Medicinal plant extracts
offer considerable potential for the development of new
agents effective against infections that are currently difficult to
treat (Iwu et al., 1999).