Cleavers

Cleavers, Galium aparine, is an annual climbing herb of the madder family (Rubiaceae) with hooked hairs on its stems and leaves, found across Europe, Asia and North America; its aerial parts contain iridoid glycosides, flavonoids and tannins. Nustras supplies cleavers aerial parts as dried cut herb, milled powder and standardised extract powder for the herbal product and botanical supplement trades.

It is formulated into herbal teas and tisanes, herbal capsules and tablets, botanical blends, tinctures and liquid botanical preparations, and cosmetic and personal-care formulations.

The dried herb is a green to grey-green leaf-and-stem material with a faint odour; the powder is green and the extract a brown powder. Identity is confirmed by macroscopic and microscopic examination or by HPTLC against a reference, with marker content standardised to specification. Heavy-metal and microbial limits are supplied to specification and confirmed on each lot's certificate of analysis.

Nustras supplies cleavers in bulk commercial quantities, in food-grade bags and fibre drums, to manufacturers and formulators internationally, with a certificate of analysis, specification sheet and country-of-origin documentation on every lot. Cleavers is an accepted botanical ingredient in major supplement and tea markets; buyers confirm the permitted plant part, level and claim for their application. Contact us for grade, pricing per kilogram and lead time.