The work embodied in this book is mainly concerned with the isolation and characterization of chemical constituents from a terrestrial medicinal plant Abutilon indicum L of genus Abutilon and its possible biological activities. The isolated compounds were characterized by using various sophisticated spectroscopic techniques. Methanolic extracts of A.indicum were subjected to antibacterial activity against four Gram +ve, three Gram -ve bacteria and antifungal activity against three fungi. The extracts had shown significant activity against different microorganisms. The preliminary...