Plant Ferula assa-foetida (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Asafetida, Asafoetida, Assa-foetida, Devil's Dung, Stinkasant (Ger.), Asafetida (Sp.), test

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-(1-METHYL-THIO-PROPYL)-1-PROPENYLDISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-CIS-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	Essential Oil	190000.0	380000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYLPROPYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYLPROPYL-3-(METHYLTHIO)-2-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYL-3-METHYL-THIO-ALLYLDISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYL-TRANS-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	Essential Oil	110000.0	450000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYLMETHYL-DISULFIDE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYLMETHYL-DISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
2-BUTYLMETHYL-TETRASULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
2-BUTYLMETHYL-TRISULFIDE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYLMETHYL-TRISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
2-BUTYLPROPENYLDISULFIDE	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-(3,4-DIACETOXYBENZOYL)-9-BETA-ANGELOXY-JAESCHKEANADIOL	Rhizome	not available	190.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-(3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-JAESCHKEANADIOL	Rhizome	not available	1200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-(4-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-9-BETA-ANGELOXY-JAESCHKEANODIOL	Rhizome	not available	260.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-(P-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-JAESCHKEANADIOL	Rhizome	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN	Gum	not available	363.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-ACETOXY-5-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN	Gum	not available	175.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN	Gum	not available	1550.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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