Antimicrobial potential of certain medicinal plants available in Western Ghats of India

Ethanol extracts from the plant Hypericum mysorense [Family: Hypericaceae]. Passiflora edulis [Family: Passifloraceae] and Nelumbo nucifcra Gaertn. [Family: Nymphaeaceae] were screened for antimicrobial activity. All the extracts showed that almost all concentration [40 mg/ml, 20 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml] of extracts possesses antibacterial and antifungal activity against three gram +ve, three gram -ve and three fungal strains by zone of inhibition method