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.

Asiaticoside is a triterpene glycoside from the plant Centella asiatica, commonly used in wound 

healing. This activity is a result of stimulation of collagen and glycosaminoglycan synthesis. This 

glycoside was also found to have activity against herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 and mycobacteriumtuberculosis. Neuroprotectant.

Pharmaceutical Ingredients:
Centella Triterpenes: Asiaticoside 36%-44% Free genines (Asiatic acid & madecassic acid) 54%-66%
Gotu Kola P.E.80% Total triterpenes > 80%

Cosmetic Ingredients:
Asiaticoside 90% Asiaticoside 40%
Madecassoside 60% Madecassoside 70% Madecassoside 90%
Madecassic Acid 80%
Asiatic Acid 95%
Gotu Kola P.E.(Water-solubility)80% Total triterpenes > 80%

Health Food Ingredients:
Asiaticoside 10% Asiaticoside >10%
Gotu Kola P.E. 10% Total triterpenes > 10%