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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
9-BETA-HYDROXY-JAESCHKEANADIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	470.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN	0	Gum	not available	388.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLYLPROPYL-SULFIDE	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.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Gum	not available	143000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	14300.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	127100.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASACOUMARIN-A	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASACOUMARIN-A	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASACOUMARIN-B	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASACOUMARIN-B	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	62.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASADISULFIDE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASADISULFIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASARESINOTANNOID-A	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASARESINOTANNOID-B	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASARESINOTANNOL	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASARESINOTANNOL-A	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASARESINOTANNOL-B	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Sedative	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Spasmogenic	3	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen	2	Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92.
Sweetener	1	Martindale's 28th
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Tranquilizer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	3	Duke, 1992 *