ANTI-CANDIDA ALBICANS EFFECT OF IMPATIENS WALLERIANA AERIAL EXTRACT
AbstractThe genus Impatiens encompasses a diverse array of species valuable as sourcs of natural medicine some of which remain unexplored and insufficiently characterized. Impatiuens is a reservoir of metabolites such as phenolics, phytosterols, triterpenoids, and peptides which exhibit spectrum of activities including antimicrobial, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-anaphylactic. Impatiens walleriana belonging to the family balsaminaceae is known for its aesthetic appeal and as folk medicine. Drug resistant strains of Candida and Aspergillus have made fungal infection treatment difficult and plants are serving as good alternatives. Impatiens walleriana is anti-microbial and traditionally applied to skin in folk medicine but has not been specifically screened for its anti-Candida albicans effectiveness hence, the present in-vitro study. The hydroalcoholic extract of the aeria parts of Impatiens walleriana has shown anti-Candida albicans effect with MIC 3.3mg/ml and ZOI ranging from 9mm to 20mm with maximum effectiveness at 100mg concentration in the triplicate readings taken for the selected doses 50mg, 100mg and 200mg.
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Gauri Kulkarni *, Shreya R. Naik, Sadhana Chougale, Nisarga Pol and Shilpa Sunkad
NITM-ICMR, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
gauri.rccp@gmail.com
23 December 2025
28 January 2026
29 January 2026
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.13(1).40-45
31 January 2026
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