Functions:
Product Name: Centella extract/Gotu kola extract
Botanical Source: Centella Asiatica L.
Extraction Type: Solvent Extraction
Place of Origin: China
Appearance: Light yellow to Yellow powder
Active ingredient: Asiaticosides
Genins
Specification: Asiaticosides 1%-80%HPLC
Application: Food,cosmetic,nutraceutical
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Centella asiatica grows in tropical swampy areas. The stems are slender, creeping and creeping, green to reddish-green, connecting plants to each other. It has a long stalk, green, rounded apex, smooth texture, and palmate reticular veins. The leaves are borne on a ring-shaped petiole and are about 2 cm (0.79 in). The rootstock consists of rhizomes that grow vertically downwards. They are creamy in color and covered with root hairs. Asiaticin is a triterpene glycoside derived from the plant Centella Asiatica. This activity is the result of stimulating collagen and glycosaminoglycan synthesis.
What is Gotu Kola Extract?
Gotu Kola(Centella Asiatica) is a perennial creeping herb that is widely distributed throughout the world. Its application history is also very long, as a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, in India, China have a wide range of applications, such as clearing heat, detoxification, anti-inflammatory, promote wound healing and so on. There are four main active substances in the gotu kola extract, asiatic acid, madecassic acid, asiaticoside and madecassoside.
Gotu kola is a perennial plant native to India, Japan, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the South Pacific. A member of the parsley family, it has no taste or smell. It thrives in and around water. It has small fan-shaped green leaves with white or light purple-to-pink flowers, and small oval fruit. The leaves and stems of the gotu kola plant are used as medicine.
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) has been used to treat many conditions for thousands of years in India, China, and Indonesia. It was used to heal wounds, improve mental clarity, and treat skin conditions such as leprosy and psoriasis.
Some people use it to treat respiratory infections, such as colds, and in the past it was used for that in China. It has been called "the fountain of life" because legend has it that an ancient Chinese herbalist lived for more than 200 years as a result of taking gotu kola.
Historically, gotu kola has also been used to treat syphilis, hepatitis, stomach ulcers, mental fatigue, epilepsy, diarrhea, fever, and asthma. Today, in the U.S. and Europe gotu kola is most often used to treat varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency, a condition where blood pools in the legs. It is also used in ointments to treat psoriasis and help heal minor wounds.
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SPECIFICATION |
RESULAT |
Appearance
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White Powder |
Complies |
Odor&Taste |
Characteristic |
Complies |
Loss On Drying |
≤5.0% |
Complies |
Ash |
≤5.0% |
Complies |
Sieve Analysis |
99% pass 80 mesh |
Complies |
Heavy Metals |
≤10ppm |
Complies |
Lead (as Pb) |
≤1.0ppm |
Complies |
Total plate count |
≤5000CFU/g |
Complies |
Yeast & mold |
≤1000CFU /g |
Complies |
E.coli |
Negative |
Complies |
Salmonella |
Negative |
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