10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 3 Issue 4 2012(October - December) The present study involves extraction, phytochemical investigation and lessThan i greaterThan in-vitro lessThan /i greaterThan antimicrobial activity of lessThan i greaterThan Luffa acutangula lessThan /i greaterThan var lessThan i greaterThan amara lessThan /i greaterThan fruits known as Kadwi turai in Hindi. The phytochemical investigation revealed the presence of sterols and glycoside in chloroform extract. The chloroform extract showed significant antimicrobial activity than aqueous extract. Both extracts showed weak antifungal activities. JANAKI R. TORVI AND RAJESH D. HUNASHAL Luffa acutangula var amara fruits, phytochemical investigation, antimicrobial activity, antibacterial activity, antifungal activity 678-685