In recent decades, the frequency and importance of fungal infections has been increasing, accompanied by high mortality, which is generally caused by blood infections. The objective of this present investigation was to evaluate the in vitro antifungal effect of the ethanolic extract of three varieties of Solanum tuberosum L. against Candida albicans ATCC 24433, as well as to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and to compare this effect with the nystatin drug. For this purpose, the plant samples of Solanum tuberosum L. "papa" variety huayro, huaralina and tumbay were collected from different places belonging to the department of La Libertad: Huamachuco, Usquil and Julcán respectively. It was taken to the toxicology laboratory, where said samples were conditioned for the preparation of the ethanolic extract by maceration, until the dry extract was obtained. The in vitro ...