Cosmetic Asiaticosides Gotu Kola Extract Centella Asiatica Extract Powder
Centella grows in tropical swampy areas.The stems are slender, creeping stolons, green to reddish-green in color, connecting plants to each other. It has long-stalked, green, rounded apices which have smooth texture with palmately netted veins. The leaves are borne on pericladial petioles, around 2 cm (0.79 in). The rootstock consists of rhizomes, growing vertically down. They are creamish in color and covered with root hairs.
Centella asiatica extracts exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities, most importantly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anticancer activities.
Asiaticoside is a triterpene glycoside from the plant Centella asiatica, commonly used in wound healing. This activity is a result of stimulation of colla…