Nusantara Bioscience
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

The potential ethnomedicine plant of Impatiens balsamina leaves from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia for wound healing

HARIYANTO IH (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78121, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.)
INARAH FAJRIATY (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78121, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.)
TANTO WIJAYA (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78121, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.)
MUHAMMAD HAFIZH (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78121, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.)



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01 Feb 2018

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Abstract. Hariyanto IH, Fajriaty I, Wijaya T, Hafizh M. 2018. The potential ethnomedicine plant of Impatiens balsamina leaves from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia for wound healing. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 58-64. Pacar air or garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.) is a herb plant that grows wildly in high humidity areas. The leaves of I. balsamina are used by the people in Bengkulu, Indonesia, as herbal medicine to treat wounds. I. balsamina grows abundantly in West Borneo due to the proper conditions. This study aimed to determine the wound healing activity of I. balsamina as an ethnomedicine plant and standardize its extract. The leaves of I. balsamina was macerated with 96% ethanol. The extraction yield was 20.3%, the solubility of the extract in water and ethanol was 15.77% and 41.41%, respectively, the drying rate was 23.02%, and the extracted density was 0.8136 g/mL. The extract of I. balsamina contained polyphenols, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, quinones, steroids, and terpenoids based on the phytochemical screening. Anatomical and histological pathology tests showed that the leaves extract had the potential to heal the external wound.

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