Database/Skin Conditioning/Asiatic Acid
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Asiatic Acid natural?

Yes. Asiatic acid is a Centella asiatica triterpene obtained by extraction; its stereochemistry makes de novo synthesis commercially unused.

INCI nameAsiatic Acid
CAS464-92-6
FormulaC30H48O5 · 488.7 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Light Stabilizer
FeedstockExtracted and purified from the leaves of Centella…

How we scored it

Pentacyclic triterpene isolated by extraction/purification from Centella asiatica; no commercial synthetic route. 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Extracted and purified from the leaves of Centella asiatica (gotu kola). No petrochemical synthesis route is commercially viable.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning triterpene compound extracted and purified from Centella asiatica, also called gotu kola, leaves. It occurs naturally in the plant and is isolated by extraction.

Structure

2D structure of Asiatic Acid

(1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid

PubChem CID 119034 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Asiatic Acid. PubChem CID 119034. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ASIATIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ASIATIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ASIATIC%20ACID