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Formulasi Gel Pacar Air (Impatiens Balsamina Linn.) Terhadap Propionibacterium Acnes Dan Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Diah Ismarani, Liza Pratiwi, Indri Kusharyanti
Formulasi Gel Pacar Air (Impatiens Balsamina Linn.) Terhadap Propionibacterium Acnes Dan Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Diah Ismarani, Liza Pratiwi, Indri Kusharyanti
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Acnes vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of sebaceous follicles caused by Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The antibacterial activity of Impatiens balsamina L. has been studied for many years. The aims of this study are to find out the antiacne effect from methanolic extract of stems and leaves of Impatiens balsamina L. that formulated in gel. Simplicia were extracted using soxhlet technique bu using methanol as solvent. Extracts were then formulated in gel in three variations of HPMC 4000 and Carbopol 934 as gel base with ratio of 70:30 (F1), 50:50 (F2) and 30:70 (F3). The determination of antiacne …