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Methods: The dried, powdered rhizome of L. galangal was successively extracted with hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol using Soxhlet extraction. The agar well diffusion method was used to assess the antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Aspergillus nger. The antifungal activities of the extracts were compared with clotrimazole as the positive control and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the negative control. The most active hexane extract was used to prepare the cream. The antifungal activity of the formulated cream was tested. Results: The hexane extract of L. galangal rhizome powder was more effective on C. albicans and A. niger. The hexane extract of L. galangal showed the maximum zone of inhibition against C. albicans and A. niger (20.20 mm \u00b1 0.46, 18.20 mm \u00b1 0.46) compared to the other three extracts, while clotrimazole, which was used as a positive control, produced a larger zone of inhibition (36.10 mm \u00b1 0.65) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), the negative control, did not produce inhibitory zones. Stability testing of the formulated cream showed a stable and good appearance. Conclusions: The cream developed using the hexane extract showed in vitro antifungal activity against C. albicans and A. niger. Further evaluations on shelf life, stability and safety are required.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicines10060034","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,9]],"date-time":"2023-06-09T02:59:57Z","timestamp":1686279597000},"page":"34","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Languas galangal Rhizome and Development of a Topical Antifungal Cream"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Lakshmi","family":"Reka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chamari Maheshika","family":"Godage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jayantha","family":"Wijayabandara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aravinda","family":"Siriwardhene","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"5","article-title":"Systemic Fungal Infections in Patients with human inmunodeficiency virus","volume":"105","author":"Arenas","year":"2014","journal-title":"Actas Dermo-Sifiliogr."},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"077","article-title":"Anti-dermatophytic activity of some traditionally used medicinal plants of North Karnataka Region","volume":"3","author":"Sagar","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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