Objective: To investigate the antimicrobial activity of leaf extract of Piper nigrum (P. nigrum) and
Cassia didymobotyra (C. didymobotyra) (aqueous, methanol, ethanol and petroleum ether) against
the food borne pathogenic bacteria [Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Escherichia coli (E. coli),
Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa)] and fungi [Aspergillus spp. and Candida
albicans (C. albicans)] and also to investigate the presence of various phytochemicals in the leaf
extracts of tested plants