Centella isolate

What is Asiaticoside?

Asiaticoside is one of the compounds isolated from centella asiatica. Unlike the whole extract it is a single defined substance, so a label naming it is pointing at a specific raw material rather than a plant mixture. A label carrying it almost always carries asiatic acid and madecassic acid too, and brands often advertise the three under one complex name.

Which products use it?

Of the 88 products whose labels we have read, 4 put this one on the front.

BANILACO

Clean It Zero Calming Cleansing Balm

We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

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See the label check (4 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • A soothing cleansing balm for sensitive skin
    Korean original

    민감 피부를 위한 진정 클렌징밤

  • It cleanly removes makeup, skin flakes and impurities and helps soothe the skin.
    Korean original

    메이크업과 피부 각질, 노폐물을 말끔하게 지워주고 피부 진정을 도와줍니다.

evidence says otherwise1
  • Fresh deep cleansing all the way inside the pores
    Korean original

    모공 속까지 산뜻하게 딥 클렌징

says nothing1
  • From cleansing to makeup, Banila Co, the house of radiant complexion
    Korean original

    클렌징부터 메이크업까지, 화사한 피부표현 명가 바닐라코

make p:rem

Inteca Soothing Cream

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (5 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • Functional cosmetic (brightening, wrinkle improvement) review completion status under the Cosmetics Act: functional cosmetic
    Korean original

    화장품법에 따른 기능성화장품(미백, 주름개선) 심사 필 유무: 기능성화장품

likely, not proven2
  • A non-comedogenic moisture cream that helps rapid soothing with 10,000 ppm of concentrated centella
    Korean original

    1만 ppm의 농축 병풀 성분으로 급속 진정을 돕는 논코메도제닉 수분크림

  • Core ingredients: InTECA (TECA) 10,000 ppm, triple hyaluronic acid
    Korean original

    핵심 성분: 인테카(TECA) 1만 ppm , 3중 히알루론산

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  • It is an ingredient stabilised by applying a patented method to TECA, the core component of centella. It holds as much as 10,000 ppm (1%) of the concentrated active ingredient at nano size, maximising absorption into the skin.
    Korean original

    병풀의 핵심 성분인 테카(TECA)에 특허 공법을 적용해 안정화시킨 성분입니다. 농축된 유효성분을 나노 사이즈로 1만 ppm(1%)이나 담아 피부 흡수력을 극대화했습니다.

no evidence1
  • A product that completed a non-comedogenic clinical study, proving it does not clog pores and has a sebum reduction effect
    Korean original

    논코메도제닉(Non-comedogenic) 임상을 완료하여 모공을 막지 않고 피지 감소 효과가 입증된 제품

Product photo of Madecassoside Moisture Sun Serum Trace Repair

Mediheal

Madecassoside Moisture Sun Serum Trace Repair

We checked 3 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

1likely1overstated1says nothing

See the label check (3 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven1
  • Light, as if you did and did not apply it! UV protection, definite!
    Korean original

    바른 듯 안 바른 듯 가볍게! 자외선 차단은 확실하게!

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  • A moisture sun serum with a light and moist feel that can block UV for 24 hours
    Korean original

    24시간 자외선 차단이 가능한 가볍고 촉촉한 사용감의 수분 선세럼

says nothing1
  • The sun serum of the great pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong
    Korean original

    대투수 양현종의 선세럼

Product photo of Pine Soothing Cica Lotion

Round Lab

Pine Soothing Cica Lotion

We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

1likely1partly backed1no evidence1says nothing

See the label check (4 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven1
  • Moisture soothing that fills freshly
    Korean original

    산뜻하게 채우는 수분 진정

partly backed1
  • It is a soothing lotion that softly cares for skin texture and fills moisture freshly.
    Korean original

    피부 결을 부드럽게 케어하고, 산뜻하게 수분을 채우는 진정 로션이에요.

no evidence1
  • For all skin types
    Korean original

    모든 피부용

says nothing1
  • Round Lab focuses on clean, natural raw materials as they are.
    Korean original

    라운드랩은 깨끗한 자연 그대로의 원료에 집중합니다.

Do the ad lines about it hold up?

We checked the one advertised line that names this ingredient.

How it readAd lines
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The count is of advertised lines, not products. One product can advertise the same ingredient in several lines, and each line was read on its own against the ingredient list and public documents.

What is it usually paired with?

Ingredients that other products put on the front of the label together with this one.