Centella Extract Powder

Name: Centella Extract Powder | 10:1 & Standardized Grades
SKU: BOT-BEX-0264

Centella Extract Powder is a concentrated botanical ingredient produced from Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., an Apiaceae species commercially known as gotu kola or Indian pennywort. Its characteristic chemistry is defined by pentacyclic triterpenes known as centelloids, particularly asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid, and madecassic acid.

Commercial sourcing includes ratio extracts and HPLC-standardized grades defined by glycoside or triterpene content. Ratio extracts serve broad botanical formulation needs, while standardized materials provide quantified constituent profiles for projects requiring tighter compositional control and more specific raw-material specifications.

SKU: BOT-BEX-0264 Categories: Botanical Extracts, Leaf & Herb Extracts Tags: Antioxidant Support, Centella, Dietary Supplements, Phenolic Compounds, Polyphenols

Ingredient Profile & Common Uses

Centella asiatica extract differs from simple gotu kola herb powder because soluble botanical constituents are extracted, concentrated, and converted into a dry ingredient. It also differs from purified asiaticoside, madecassoside, or related individual compounds, which represent narrower phytochemical ingredients rather than broad botanical extracts.

Commercial specifications follow two different purchasing systems. Ratio extracts define botanical concentration, while standardized grades quantify selected glycosides or triterpenes by analytical assay. These specifications are not interchangeable: an extract ratio describes the relationship between botanical input and finished extract, whereas standardization defines the measured concentration of selected constituents.

Centella extract is used in botanical supplements, functional ingredient systems, and cosmetic formulations. Broad extracts retain a more complex botanical solids profile, while concentrated fractions contain proportionally more selected triterpenes. These differences can influence powder color, dispersibility, carrier requirements, and practical inclusion level during formulation.

Application Areas

Dietary Supplements

Centella extract is used in capsules, tablets, powdered supplements, and multi-botanical formulas where manufacturers require a concentrated Centella asiatica ingredient rather than untreated herb powder.

Botanical Formulation Blends

Ratio extracts can be incorporated into multi-ingredient botanical systems where extract concentration, carrier content, particle distribution, and blend uniformity affect formulation performance.

Standardized Botanical Formulations

Standardized Centella materials are selected when a project requires quantified glycoside or triterpene content rather than botanical concentration alone.

Cosmetic & Personal Care Formulations

Centella ingredients are widely used in skincare and personal-care systems where formulators evaluate constituent profile, aqueous compatibility, color contribution, and delivery-system compatibility.

Typical Specifications

Parameter	Information
Product Name	Centella Extract Powder
Botanical Name	Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Botanical Family	Apiaceae
Common Names	Gotu Kola · Indian Pennywort
Ingredient Type	Botanical Extract
Product Form	Powder
Commercial Grade Families	Ratio Extract · Standardized Glycoside Extract · Standardized Triterpene Extract
Common Ratio Grade	10:1
Total Glycoside Grades	10% · 20% · 40% · 70% · 80%
Total Triterpene Grades	40% · 70% · 80%
Characteristic Glycosides	Asiaticoside · Madecassoside · Asiaticoside B
Characteristic Aglycones	Asiatic Acid · Madecassic Acid
Standardized Grade Test Method	HPLC
Cosmetic Ingredient Name	CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT

High-purity asiaticoside and madecassoside materials are treated separately from general Centella Extract Powder because their chemical identity, assay level, physical behavior, and formulation use differ substantially from broad botanical extracts.

Centelloid Profile & Standardization

The characteristic chemistry of Centella asiatica centers on pentacyclic triterpenes known as centelloids. Glycosidic constituents and their corresponding aglycones form the analytical basis for many standardized Centella ingredients, but the exact compounds included in a reported assay can differ between specification systems.

For this reason, “total glycosides,” “total triterpenes,” and an individual asiaticoside assay should not be treated as equivalent specifications. A standardized material should be evaluated by both its reported percentage and the definition of the analytes included in that total. HPLC is widely used because individual centelloids can be chromatographically separated and quantified.

The USP monograph for Powdered Centella asiatica Extract provides a useful pharmacopeial reference. It defines a plant-material-to-extract ratio of approximately 30:1–65:1 and calculates triterpene derivatives from six specified constituents. This illustrates why pharmacopeial extracts, ratio extracts, and high-assay commercial triterpene concentrates should be treated as distinct specification systems.

Selecting a Centella Extract Grade

Choose a ratio extract when botanical concentration is the main purchasing specification. Select a standardized glycoside or triterpene extract when quantified constituent content is required for formulation or raw-material control. Standardized materials should be compared by analyte definition and HPLC method rather than assay percentage alone. Highly purified asiaticoside or madecassoside should be sourced as separate phytochemical ingredients because their composition, inclusion level, and formulation behavior differ from broad Centella extracts.

Technical & Quality Considerations

Analytical evaluation should first establish whether the material is a ratio extract, standardized botanical extract, concentrated triterpene fraction, or purified phytochemical. For standardized grades, HPLC provides a practical method for separating and quantifying individual centelloids. Procurement teams should compare assay definition as well as percentage because two similarly labeled triterpene extracts may not quantify the same group of compounds.

Physical behavior changes with extraction, carrier system, and degree of purification. Commercial Centella powders can range from yellow-brown botanical extracts to pale or off-white concentrated fractions. Ratio extracts may use a drying carrier such as maltodextrin, while highly concentrated materials can have different solids and dispersibility profiles. Aqueous behavior is also grade dependent, so water solubility or dispersibility should not be assumed solely from assay strength.

For dry formulations, R&D should evaluate premixing, particle distribution, flow, compression, and content uniformity at the intended inclusion level. Liquid systems require additional evaluation of wetting, dispersion, haze, precipitation, and sedimentation. Cosmetic development should assess compatibility with the intended aqueous, glycol, emulsion, or other delivery system because different Centella extract types do not behave identically during scale-up.

Packaging & Commercial Supply

Essencefield supports samples, development quantities, commercial orders, and repeat ingredient supply for product evaluation, formulation, and ongoing sourcing. Packaging, storage, and shipping conditions are selected according to ingredient characteristics, order quantity, stability requirements, and destination-market needs.

Supply Item	General Information
Sample	Available for formulation, testing, and supplier evaluation
Order Quantities	Sample · 100 g · 1 kg · 5 kg · 25 kg · 100 kg · 500 kg · Bulk
Sample Lead Time	5–7 days
Production Lead Time	15–30 days
Packaging	Sealed food-grade or suitable protective inner packaging with drum, carton, bag, or other appropriate outer packaging
Storage	According to the approved product specification and ingredient stability requirements
Documentation	COA · Product Specification · TDS · SDS · Applicable declarations

Available quantities, packaging format, net weight, storage conditions, analytical requirements, documentation, and shipping arrangements are confirmed according to the selected ingredient and commercial order.