Isolation of antimicrobially active compounds from the leaf of tribal edibleplants of Tripura: Momordica charantia L. and Paederia foetida L.

Components from methanolic leaf extracts of Momordica charantia L. and Paederia foetida L. were isolated. The physico-chemical studies and biological study was carried out and the structure of the most active component for both the extracts was elucidated using IR, NMR and MS spectral studies.