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Common Names
Asafetida; Asafoetida; Assa-foetida; Devil's Dung; Stinkasant (Ger.); Asafetida (Sp.); test
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-(1-METHYL-THIO-PROPYL)-1-PROPENYLDISULFIDE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-CIS-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | 190000.0 | 380000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-METHYLPROPYL-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-METHYLPROPYL-3-(METHYLTHIO)-2-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTYL-3-METHYL-THIO-ALLYLDISULFIDE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTYL-TRANS-1-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | 110000.0 | 450000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTYLMETHYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTYLMETHYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTYLMETHYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | 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 | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-(3,4-DIACETOXYBENZOYL)-9-BETA-ANGELOXY-JAESCHKEANADIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-(3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-JAESCHKEANADIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-(4-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-9-BETA-ANGELOXY-JAESCHKEANODIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 260.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-(P-HYDROXYBENZOYL)-JAESCHKEANADIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN | 0 | Gum | not available | 363.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-ACETOXY-5-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN | 0 | Gum | not available | 175.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN | 0 | Gum | not available | 1550.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| Allelochemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 2 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69. |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Antiallergic | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antialopecic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiappetant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |