{{chembox | Name = Madecassoside | ImageFile = Madecassoside.svg | ImageSize = 250px | IUPACName = | SystematicName= | OtherNames= Redermic, Asiaticoside A |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo=34540-22-2 | ChEBI = 66651 | ChEMBL = 4787233 | ChemSpiderID = 28639016 | DrugBank = DB15532 | EINECS = 252-076-1 | KEGG = | PubChem= 24825675 | UNII = CQ2F5O6YIY | DTXSID = DTXSID40956057 | SMILES= CC1CCC2(CCC3(C)C(=CCC4C5(C)CC(O)C(O)C(C)(CO)C5C(O)CC34C)C2C1C)C(=O)OC1OC(COC2OC(CO)C(OC3OC(C)C(O)C(O)C3O)C(O)C2O)C(O)C(O)C1O | StdInChI = InChI=1S/C48H78O20/c1-19-10-11-48(13-12-46(6)22(28(48)20(19)2)8-9-27-44(4)14-24(52)39(61)45(5,18-50)38(44)23(51)15-47(27,46)7)43(62)68-42-35(59)32(56)30(54)26(66-42)17-63-40-36(60)33(57)37(25(16-49)65-40)67-41-34(58)31(55)29(53)21(3)64-41/h8,19-21,23-42,49-61H,9-18H2,1-7H3 | StdInChIKey = BNMGUJRJUUDLHW-HCZMHFOYSA-N }} |Section2={{Chembox Properties | C=48| H=78|O=20 | Appearance=white crystals | Density=1.47 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | MeltingPtC=220-223 | BoilingPtC=1043.55 | Solubility=soluble }} }} '''Madecassoside''' is a pentacyclic triterpenoid extracted from the plant ''Centella asiatica''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=James |first1=Jacinda T. |last2=Dubery |first2=Ian A. |title=Pentacyclic Triterpenoids from the Medicinal Herb, Centella asiatica (L.) Urban |journal=Molecules |date=9 October 2009 |volume=14 |issue=10 |pages=3922–3941 |doi=10.3390/molecules14103922 |pmid=19924039 |pmc=6255425 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Uses== Scientific studies have confirmed the anti-inflammatory activity of this substance, already known in traditional medicine through the use of the plant from which it is extracted.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pullaiah |first1=T. |title=An Introduction to Nephroprotective Plants |date=15 December 2021 |publisher=Bentham Science Publishers |isbn=978-981-5036-61-9 |page=346 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2lZEAAAQBAJ&dq=madecassoside&pg=PA346 |access-date=21 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barkat |first1=Md Abul |title=Nanotechnology Driven Herbal Medicine for Burns: From Concept to Application |date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Bentham Science Publishers |isbn=978-981-5039-60-3 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWlZEAAAQBAJ&dq=madecassoside&pg=PA30 |access-date=21 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *Madecassic acid
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Terpenoids}}
Category:Triterpenes Category:Hydrocarbons Category:Cyclopentanes Category:Terpenoid glycosides