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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LUTEOLIN	78	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOGOLTADONE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	212300.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	53000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
OXYDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	765000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Gum	not available	64000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	54800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYANTHIN	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYANTHININ	0	Gum	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPENYL-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.
RESIN	0	Plant	400000.0	640000.0	3.07	Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
RHAMNOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAMARCANDIN-ACETATE	0	Gum	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEC-BUTYL-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEC-BUTYL-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	4500.0	7650.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SEC-BUTYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE-ETHERS	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Triglycerolytic	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.
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterosedative	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.
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.