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Abstract
The increasing incidence of drug- resistant pathogens raises an urgent need to identify and isolate new bioactive compounds from medicinal plants using standardized modern analytical procedures. Medicinal plant-derived compounds could provide novel straightforward approaches against pathogenic bacteria. The use of plants as natural alternative medicines dated back to prehistoric period. Different cultures and beliefs in the world have one history or the other of using plant or its derivatives as a remedy for many diseases. Phytomedicine usually have multiple effects on the body either therapeutic or side effects, the former out-weighs the latter. Their actions often go beyond the symptomatic treatment of diseases caused by microorganisms to formulation of products for daily use. Most medicinal plants are rich in secondary metabolites possessing numerous biological activities such as antioxidant, anticancer, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, analgesics antimicrobial, among others. There is still a great interest in medicinal herbs all over world. The main reason for this is that herbs contain compounds of therapeutic efficacy, and they are derived from natural sources which are tolerated to patient’s body physiologies than the synthetic drugs. Though there was an initial decline in use of medicinal plants, yet the last decade has seen resurgence both in the study and use of phytomedicines in treatment of numerous ailments. Medicinal plant products have been used for the last so many years pertaining to treat various health disorders and be able to prevent or cut the burden of various infectious diseases. Overall, the knowledge of these medicinal plant products in terms of its taxonomy and its medicinal properties has been transmitted all over the world. In literature, active compounds were reported and synthesized or modified structurally and showing its effectiveness against various infectious diseases and used for other medicinal purpose as well. These plants have been found to have various types of bioactivities, such as antimicrobial activities against both bacteria and fungi, in addition to exhibiting anti-inflammatory effects and anti-cancer characteristics which can be utilized in the clinical setting for treatment. Due to limited reviews focusing on plant extracts from the Middle East, to provide a discourse on plants from this region which have various bioactivities and to provide information on the compounds that can be identified from these plants. This is to enhance our understanding to improve modern medicine problems such as antimicrobial resistance and to find an alternative cure for cancer. It is hoped that the collation of information from this review will enable an assessment of the direct role of plants in providing therapeutic options to address the predicaments in the medical field and learn about the use of plant extracts as antimicrobial agents