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
FOETIDIN	1	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.
FOETIDIN	1	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FOLIFERIDIN	0	Gum	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALBANIC-ACID	1	Gum	not available	20600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	77100.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Plant	not available	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	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUMMOSIN	0	Root	not available	769.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYLPROPANYLDISULFIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-93.
ISOPIMPINELLIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
JAESCHKEANADIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	6100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAMOLONOL	0	Gum	not available	1750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAMOLONOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KARATAVICINOL	0	Gum	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	128000.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).