10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 1 Issue 1 2010 (January - March) Use of plants as a source of traditional healing systems around the world that utilize herbal remedies is an important source for the discovery of new antimicrobials against resistant strains of bacteria. lessThan i greaterThan Acacia leucopholia lessThan /i greaterThan (Bark), lessThan i greaterThan Butea monosperma lessThan /i greaterThan (Seed, Flowers), lessThan i greaterThan Woodfordia lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan fructicosa lessThan /i greaterThan (Root, Flowers), lessThan i greaterThan Sphaeranthus indicus lessThan /i greaterThan (Fruits, Whole plant), lessThan i greaterThan Maytenus emerginata lessThan /i greaterThan (Root, Leaves) samples were selected for screening their antibacterial properties. Dried powders of plant parts were extracted in different solvents like water, ethanol, methanol and acetone and antibacterial activity was tested by disc diffusion method against standard cultures of lessThan i greaterThan Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella typhimurium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella flexneri lessThan /i greaterThan . Methanol extract of lessThan i greaterThan Woodfordia fructicosa, Acacia leucopholia, lessThan /i greaterThan and ethanol extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Sphaeranthus indicus, Butea monosperma, and Maytenus emerginata lessThan /i greaterThan were strong antibacterial against the test pathogens. Phytochemical analysis of the extracts showed presence of cardiac glycosides, anthraquinone, flavonoids, tannins phenolics in the methanol extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Woodfordia fructicosa , Acacia leucopholia. lessThan /i greaterThan D. H. Tambekar and B. S. Khante Korkus, Melghat, ethnomedicinal herbs, antibacterial activities and enteric infections. -