ត្រចៀកក្រាញ់ (Centella Asiatica)

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ត្រចៀកក្រាញ់ (Centella Asiatica), also known as Asiatica Pennywort, Gotu Kola.  It is used in folk medicine for different purposes. My great-grandparents is known to have used its extract to keep fever at bay.  
  • A perennial native to Cambodia.
  • Taste slightly bitter, salty like celery,  and scented like carrot.
  • Centella Asiatica is a moisture loving culinary and medicinal plant. Thrives on edge of streams and river banks. 
  • This variety of Pennywort is also eaten raw or cooked.  It can be used as you please. In  a veggie assortment platter as a table condiments,  in Salad, Soups, or a quick blanched in Strir Fry. 
  • Its extract is also use in beverage drinks. 
C. Asiatica chemistry:
  • Centella contains pentacyclic triterpenoids, including asiaticoside, brahmoside, asiatic acid, and brahmic acid (madecassic acid). Other constituents include centellose, centelloside, and madecassoside.





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