Trigonella corniculata commonly known as Kasuri methi owing to its origin from a small city Kasur located to South of Lahore in the Pakistani province of Punjab has been known since ages and is very ancient spice used as flavoring agent and nutritional supplement. The small herb belongs to Fabaceae family and is also known as Goat “s horn and Bird “s foot. The word fenugreek in Latin means “Greek hay” as it was used mainly as fodder for animals. The leaves and seeds are considered to be the most used part and mostly used as flavoring agent in preparation of vegetables and pickles. The plant has been reported to be a rich source of dietary fiber along with proteins. The leaves are rich source of essential vitamins and minerals and have potential bacteriocidal activity for shielding the body against a range of chronic disorders. The present investigation is carried out to compare the potency of antimicrobial activity at different concentrations of original mother plant of kasuri methi to the available branded market samples of Kasuri methi. Although the adulteration of market samples to original leaf powder using molecular markers is in progress to correlate the two studies, the present investigation was carried out to analyse the phytochemicals present in methanolic extracts of mother plant and bacteriocidal potential of market and original samples.
