       600      ! " ! # !    Dinesh Kumar 1 *, Sunil Kumar 1 , Satyender Kumar 1 , Jitender Singh 1 , Chetan Sharma 2 and K R Aneja 2 1 Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra$136119, Haryana, India 2 Department of Microbiology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra$ 136119, Haryana, India $ In the current wave of antimicrobial resistance against chemotherapeutic drugs, there is need to search for plants that could be resistance$free and affordable. The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial effects of Petroleum ether, chloroform & hydroalcoholic extracts of   leaf against    ,   and  . In terms of antimicrobial effects, all the three extracts exhibited effective inhibition zones against Gram$positive bacteria. However, they were ineffective against Gram$negative bacteria and yeast ( ). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of hydro$alcoholic, chloroform and petroleum ether extracts were found to be 25, 50 and 50 mg/ml respectively against Gram$positive bacteria. Out of three extracts, hydro$ alcoholic extract showed good antimicrobial activity. The phytochemical study showed the presence of alkaloids and flavonoids in hydro$alcoholic extract, which might be responsible for its good antimicrobial activity. %$&’(): Antimicrobial,  , MIC ((%)) *’ ’%)+’,(%,-%: Dinesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra$136119, Haryana, India. E$mail: dineshbarbola@yahoo.co.in