Accession in Centella asiatica; Current Understanding and Future Knowledge

Abstract

Centella asiatica is described as a potential cure-all because of its wide usage. The accessions in Centella asiatica make standardisation important before using it. In Malaysia alone, there are more than 15 accessions of Centella asiatica with each having variation in their secondary metabolites. There are several reports from India to Korea, from Madagascar to Malaysia and from Thailand to South Africa about variations in chemical profiling of secondary metabolites and the reasons for these variations in Centella asiatica. Despite all these reports, there has been no attempt to bring all these variations together and discuss them under one heading resulting into scattered information about accession in Centella asiatica. In this review, we discuss the impact of accessions in Centella asiatica and what more need to be done to our knowledge of accession in Centella asiatica.

A Review: Antibacterial activities, antioxidant properties and toxicity profile of centella asiatica

“…It was reported that the triterpene showed the highest amount on the leaves part, followed by roots and the least was the petiole [6]. In Malaysia, there are two phenotypes of C. asiatica, which are smooth leaves and fringe leaves [6,10]. The differences between both phenotypes are shown in Table 1.…”

“…Based on the Malaysian Herbal Monograph, C. asiatica was defined as the herbaceous plant which consists of round apex leaves, with deeply cordate stipulate and petioles, usually at around 20 cm height [6]. C. asiatica belongs to Apiaceae family, also known as Umbelliferae.…”

“…The difference between terpenoid composition is highly depending on the different parts of C. asiatica. It was reported that the triterpene showed the highest amount on the leaves part, followed by roots and the least was the petiole [6]. In Malaysia, there are two phenotypes of C. asiatica, which are smooth leaves and fringe leaves [6,10].…”

Variability of Morphological and Agronomical Characteristics of Centella asiatica in Thailand

“…The morphology and actives ingredient components were depended on the genetic variability and geographical conditions. The studies of Asiatic pennywort diversity were reported in different countries such as, China, Malasia, India, Indonesia, Australia and Thailand [11][12][13][14][15][16]. The Asiatic pennywort germplasm was differed in the level of phenotypic and genetic variability and differed in the level of international and intranational accessions.…”