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Plant oils were used pharmacologically for many years. Recently, it has been generated widespread interest as a source of natural antimicrobials, anticancer agent. Considering the importance of essential oil natural resources Foeniculum vulgare seed and Chrysopogon zizanioides root were selected for the study. The yield obtained was found to be 1% for Foeniculum vulgare seeds and 0.75% for Chrysopogon zizanioides roots. The functional groups were assessed by FTIR. While, GC-MS showed highest peak area percent of 44.54 for Anethole from Foeniculum vulgare seed and Cinnamaldehyde with 8.18, tau-cadinol with 7.28 from Chrysopogon zizanioides root essential oil. The levels of secondary metabolites, phytonutrients, antioxidant activity was found to high in essential oil extracted from Chrysopogon zizanioides root when compared to Foeniculum vulgare seeds. No significant antibacterial activity was observed with both samples when tested against Escherichia coli MTCC 1692, Klebsiella pneumonia MTCC 7403, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 2581, Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 7443,Salmonella enteric MTCC 8587. Results of anticancer activity studied by MTT assay showed IC50 value of 169.3?g/ml for essential oil from Foeniculum vulgare seed. While, it was 178.2?g/ml for Chrysopogon zizanioides root.