Herbal medicines are being used by about 80 per cent of the world population, primarily in the developing countries for their health care. They have stood for their safety, efficacy and cultural acceptability and less side effects.Multiple resistant organisms render therapy more precarious and costly and sometimes unsuccessful.In presentinvestigation screening of two extract of ethyl acetate and methanol extracts against pathogenic bacteria Viz., Bacillus sp, S.aureus, Escherichiacoli, Proteus sp and Klebsiella sp.Among the solvents tested, methanol extract recordedmore inhibitory effect than ethyl acetate extracts.The methanol extract of the turmeric extract recorded more mean inhibition zoneProteus sp (25 66 mm), Staphylococcus aureusand Klebsiella sp 24. 56 mm) compared to other extracts.
