The molecule is an organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of impatienol. Isolated from the corolla of Impatiens balsamina, it exhibits inhibitory activity against COX-2. It has a role as a metabolite and a cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor. It contains an impatienol(2-).
disodium;2-[1-(1-oxido-3,4-dioxonaphthalen-2-yl)ethyl]-3,4-dioxonaphthalen-1-olate