Abstract

The present study has been designated lo evaluate the antimicrobial activity of aqueous extract of Prosopis farcta pods. The antimicrobial activity of the extract against five fungal strains and four bacterial strains were tested by using Agar Well Diffusion method and minimal inhibitory concentration MIC values. The results showed that aqueous extract of P.farcta had antifungal and antibacterial effects against all the tested microorganisms, wherease Nystatin failed to show any effect against C.cladosporides. Therefore, these results suggest that the aqueous extract of P. farcta possess compounds with antimicrobial properties which can be used as antimicrobial agents in new drugs for therapy ofmicrobiaJ diseases in human

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