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Houttuynia Cordata Extract
Houttuynia Cordata Extract is a standard or concentrated hydroglycerin stock, harnessing key polyphenolic flavonoids like quercitrin and quercetin. While known by popular trade names such as Heartleaf and Dokudami, this botanical active delivers comprehensive support for balanced and resilient skin under its official INCI.
The heart-shaped leaves of Houttuynia Cordata, rich in skin-benefiting flavonoids.
Botanical Identity: Houttuynia Cordata Extract, known commonly as Heartleaf, Fish Mint, or Dokudami, is a potent botanical active. Formulate Labs offers this ingredient under its INCI name, ensuring consistency and clarity, distinct from specific supplier SKUs or trade names.
Multi-functional mechanism: Houttuynia Cordata Extract offers a spectrum of cosmetic benefits. Its polyphenolic flavonoids provide soothing and calming effects, helping to reduce the appearance of redness and irritation while offering potent antioxidant support against environmental stressors. This versatile extract also aids in managing blemish-prone skin by exhibiting mild antibacterial activity and regulating sebum production. Furthermore, it supports skin conditioning and hydration through naturally occurring polysaccharides and helps maintain the appearance of skin firmness and elasticity by inhibiting collagenase and elastase activity.
Use levels: For standard active claims, incorporate Houttuynia Cordata Extract at 1–3%. Our standardized Standard or Concentrated hydroglycerin stock can be utilized at levels of 1–10% to also contribute humectant properties to your formulation.
Market context: Houttuynia Cordata Extract, often marketed as 'Heartleaf' or 'Dokudami,' holds hero ingredient status in the Korean beauty sector, especially in products for sensitive, reactive, and acne-prone skin. It is increasingly positioned as a high-performance alternative to *Centella asiatica* extract, with brands often using it at high concentrations for enhanced label appeal and a tangible soothing sensation. This extract also aligns with 'green chemistry' and clean beauty narratives, owing to its efficacy via low-temperature extractions and use in sustainable hydroglycerin carrier systems.
We ship standard or concentrated extract stock with selectable preservation - ready to meter into finished formulas at the use rates in the formulation guide below.*
We ship standard or concentrated extract stock with selectable preservation - ready to meter into finished formulas at the use rates in the formulation guide below.*
Common (Heartleaf, Fish Mint, Dokudami) and trade names are for contextual understanding; Formulate Labs provides the pure INCI material.
Every lot is produced to order in our AI-powered robotic factory. Nothing sits on a warehouse shelf going stale - you get a date-of-manufacture-fresh batch every time.
* Structure/function statements based on published cosmetic in-vitro studies. Not evaluated for, and not intended to, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Houttuynia Cordata Extract is documented in cosmetic peptide/protein literature. These are independent, third-party papers we link for formulators evaluating mechanism, tolerability, and published panel data. We did not conduct this research and do not guarantee replication in your finished formula.
These citations are provided for informational and formulation-research purposes only. Study designs, concentrations, vehicle systems, and populations vary and may not match the extract stocks on this page. Published results do not constitute FDA or EU cosmetic claim substantiation for your brand. Always review the primary literature and consult your regulatory counsel before making structure/function statements on finished products.
Bulk composition at the selected Houttuynia Cordata Extract loading. Base carrier components scale proportionally when preservative is added; extract stays at the selected loading. Updates dynamically when you change base or preservation above. Full CAS disclosure is on the SDS/TDS for the selected variant (FL-HCE-W1-MBS4-5PCT-001).
SDS + TDS are issued per selected recipe. Links swap when you change selections above. A sample COA shows the standard extract QC panel (pH, organoleptic, TAMC/TYMC). Lot-specific COAs ship with every order.
We cook the raw botanical powder into the selected carrier. The botanical carries polar phenolics, flavonoid glycosides, and related extractable fractions. Those markers support antioxidant and skin-conditioning cosmetic stories. This is not a solvent isolate or a standardized marker extract. Lot identity appears on the COA and TDS.
This is a ready-to-use cosmetic extract stock, not a finished consumer product and not a standardized marker isolate. We cook the raw botanical powder into the selected hydroglycerin or oil carrier. Aqueous lots are released on pH, organoleptic, TAMC, and TYMC (total counts only). Oil macerates are released on organoleptic only. A sample COA is on this page; the lot-specific COA ships with the order.
Download sample Certificate of AnalysisStatements contained on this page (including any marked with *) have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This product is a cosmetic raw material and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.