Hydrocotyle asiatica L.; Trisanthus cochinchinensis Lour.; and others Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Asiatic pennywort; gotu kola; hydrocotyle; Indian pennywort; Indian water navelwort Centellae herba Dried, fragmented aerial parts The dried aerial parts should contain a minimum of 6% of total triterpenoid derivatives, based on Asiatic acid and madecassic acid and their derivatives, and include asiaticoside B, asiaticoside A (=madecassoside), braminoside, brahmoside, brahminoside, thankuniside isothankuniside. In addition to about 0.1% essential oil composed of β-caryophyllene, trans-p-farnesene and germacrene, C. asiatica contains a wide range of other substances including carotenoids and flavonoids (EMA 2012; Orhan 2012, Ghedira and Goetz 2013). A systematic review of the efficacy of C. asiatica
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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
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