10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 1 Issue 1 2010 (January - March) The present study deals with the application of microwave as an extraction tool for extraction of phytoconstituents present in lessThan i greaterThan Artemisia pallens lessThan /i greaterThan wall (compositae) and determination of tyrosinase inhibitory activity which serves as an useful target in the treatment of hyper pigmentation skin disorder. The percentage yield of extract obtained by microwave assisted extraction (MAE) of plant was found to be highly significant when compared to soxhlet extraction (SE) method. The tyrosinase inhibitory activity of MAE was found to be highly significant (p lessThan 0.0001) when compared with that obtained by SE method. Kanimozhi P.,K. Ilango,Anupam Chowdary,Arun B.,Ammar Mohammed Musa Adam,A. Nethaji Microwave assisted extraction, Artemisia pallens, Tyrosinase inhibition and Hyper pigmentation. -