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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ferula assa-foetida (Apiaceae)

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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FOETIDIN 1 Gum 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.
FOETIDIN 1 Root 500.0 *
FOLIFERIDIN 0 Gum 500.0 *
GALACTOSE 1 Gum *
GALBANIC-ACID 1 Gum 20600.0 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 77100.0 1.39 *
GLUCOSE 7 Gum *
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Gum *
GUM 0 Plant 250000.0 1.45 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUMMOSIN 0 Gum 1500.0 *
GUMMOSIN 0 Root 769.0 *
ISOBUTYLPROPANYLDISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-93.
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
JAESCHKEANADIOL 0 Rhizome 6100.0 *
KAMOLONOL 0 Gum 1750.0 *
KAMOLONOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KARATAVICINOL 0 Gum 3000.0 *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Gum *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 128000.0 0.18 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) 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 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) 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 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) *
Antianemic 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiappetant 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *