Motherwort Fluid Extract
Motherwort Fluid Extract is a fluid extract of Leonurus cardiaca leaf, giving dietary supplement and food-and-beverage developers a concentrated botanical base. Bio-Botanica produces it through the low-heat Bio-Chelated cold-extraction process at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, preserving a full-spectrum leaf profile.
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What Is Motherwort Fluid Extract?
Named for its long association with women's herbal traditions, motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is a bitter mint-family herb whose lobed leaves have featured in European folk practice for generations. Bio-Botanica presses the leaf into a hydro-ethanolic fluid extract, full-spectrum and non-standardized, delivering supplement and beverage developers a concentrated liquid botanical ready for dosing. Its pronounced bitterness signals a traditional tonic character that formulators can lean on in label storytelling.
Market Demand
Motherwort occupies the calm-and-balance corner of the botanical market, where consumer interest in mood, stress, and women's-wellness herbs keeps expanding. Heritage women's herbs in particular are drawing renewed editorial and retail attention. As liquid herbal formats gain shelf space, a ready-to-dose motherwort fluid lets brands answer that demand for traditional calming botanicals in tinctures and wellness shots without formulating from raw herb.
Formulation Applications
The liquid integrates into hydro-alcoholic tinctures, calming shots, and liquid supplements, and it can be folded into glycerin extract or multi-herb blends. Its bitterness pairs well with aromatic and citrus notes that round out a finished blend. Motherwort is traditionally associated with mood and stress, immune, and sexual-health, a heritage botanical story framed for structure/function positioning, not a consumer health claim.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
This family-run business has extracted botanicals in Hauppauge, New York since 1972 at an FDA-inspected cGMP facility, and its Bio-Chelated low-heat process keeps this leaf's naturally occurring constituents in a Holistically Balanced profile. Every batch clears an onsite laboratory for HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, and USP testing, and brands may request Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Motherwort Fluid Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Motherwort Fluid Extract is a fluid extract made from the leaf of Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), a member of the Lamiaceae family, native to Europe east to the Caucasus, Iran, and western Siberia; now naturalized worldwide. It is produced by Bio-Botanica through our proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat cold-extraction process, which is designed to preserve a Holistically Balanced, full-spectrum profile of its naturally occurring constituents.
What extract form is this, and what is it carried in?
This is a Fluid Extract, and the extraction solvent is ethanol. The fluid extract is a concentrated liquid form of the botanical. The exact carrier and any processing details are documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS that accompanies samples.
Does Motherwort Fluid Extract contain alcohol?
Yes — as a fluid extract, Motherwort Fluid Extract is an ethanol (alcohol)-based extract. For exact residual solvent levels specific to your batch, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Motherwort Fluid Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Motherwort Fluid Extract is a full-spectrum, Holistically Balanced extract and is non-standardized. It is designed to reflect the naturally occurring constituents of the leaf rather than an isolated, quantified compound.
What applications and formats is Motherwort Fluid Extract suited for?
Motherwort Fluid Extract is formulated for ingestible applications, meaning dietary supplements and food and beverage products. As a fluid extract, it serves as a concentrated botanical base that formulators dose and blend according to their own product specifications.
What industries and positioning does Motherwort Fluid Extract fit?
It fits the Dietary Supplements and Food and Beverage categories as an ingredient. For brand positioning, Motherwort is traditionally associated with areas such as Immune Support, mood and stress, and Sexual Health Support — framing intended for structure/function positioning only, not a consumer health claim.
Where does the Motherwort originate?
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is native to Europe east to the Caucasus, Iran, and western Siberia; now naturalized worldwide. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Motherwort Fluid Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a liquid extract, Motherwort Fluid Extract blends into liquid and hydro-alcoholic systems; the carrier is ethanol. We recommend reviewing the Spec Sheet/TDS and evaluating a sample within your specific formulation to confirm compatibility and handling.
What certifications are available for this ingredient?
Bio-Botanica operates under NSF, cGMP, and FSSC 22000 quality systems, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available. Our facility in Hauppauge, New York is FDA-inspected; specific certification for your order can be confirmed with our team.
What documentation ships with Motherwort Fluid Extract?
Samples ship with a Spec Sheet/TDS, a representative Certificate of Analysis (COA), and a Safety Data Sheet (SDS). These document the extract form, carrier, and testing so your team can evaluate the ingredient against your specifications.
How is Motherwort Fluid Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Motherwort Fluid Extract is sold in bulk to formulators and brands, not as a finished consumer product, and is offered in pack sizes of 20 kg and 200 kg. Pricing is available by requesting a formal quote — our team quotes to your chosen pack size and volume, and samples ship with full documentation so you can assess fit before committing.
How is Motherwort Fluid Extract manufactured and tested?
Motherwort Fluid Extract is manufactured at Bio-Botanica's FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York using our proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat cold-extraction process. Testing is performed in our onsite quality lab using instrumentation including HPLC, UPLC-MS/MS, GC/MS, LC/MS, and ICP/MS, covering identity, microbial, USP, and heavy-metal testing from raw-material intake through finished product, supported by third-party labs.