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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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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
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Root not available 23.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECYL-SULFONYL-ACETIC-ACID 0 Resin Essent. Oil not available 188000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidicide 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiac 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.
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 5 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.
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytochrome-P450-2E1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *