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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
LUTEOLIN 78 Fruit *
MOGOLTADONE 0 Gum *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Essent. Oil 212300.0 1.00 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 53000.0 -0.54 *
OXYDASE 0 Plant *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 765000.0 0.96 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Gum 64000.0 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Seed Essent. Oil 54800.0 *
POLYANTHIN 0 Gum *
POLYANTHININ 0 Gum 1500.0 *
PROPENYL-SULFIDE 0 Gum 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 *
SAMARCANDIN-ACETATE 0 Gum 4000.0 *
SEC-BUTYL-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
SEC-BUTYL-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 4500.0 7650.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SEC-BUTYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Essential Oil *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Gum *
UMBELLIFERONE-ETHERS 0 Gum 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Expectorant 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GT-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 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.
Hepatoprotective 3 *
Hepatoregenerative 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 3 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hyperthermic 1 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic 6 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.
Hypoglycemic 2 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *