Asiaticoside

Description

Asiaticoside is the main saponin constituent of C. asiatica, a plant long used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine to treat a variety of ailments including dermatitis, diabetes, cough, cataract, hypertension, as well as for wound healing and improving memory. In various wound healing models, topical application (0.2-0.4%), injection (1 mg), or ingestion (1 mg/kg) of asiaticoside has been shown to increase hydroxyproline content, improve tensile strength, increase collagen synthesis and remodeling of the collagen matrix, promote epithelialization, stimulate glycosaminoglycan synthesis, and elevate antioxidant levels.

Chemical properties

White powder

The Uses of Asiaticoside

wound healing, anxiolytic

The Uses of Asiaticoside

Asiatic Acid is a terpenoid saponin component isolated from Centella asiatica with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Asiaticoside has been shown to possess strong wound-healing properties and reduces scar formation.

Definition

ChEBI: Asiaticoside is a triterpenoid saponin.

What are the applications of Application

Asiaticoside is a saponin with significant wound and burn healing activity, used to study potential treatments.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Safety Profile

Questionable carcinogen withexperimental tumorigenic data. When heated todecomposition it emits acrid smoke and fumes. Promoteshealing of wounds.

Storage

+4°C