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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
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipemic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antilipogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilisteria | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antimelanomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimitotic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |