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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
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 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.
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Gum 30000.0 170000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
EPISAMARCANDIN 0 Root not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESFEROL 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.
FARNESFEROL-A 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESFEROL-B 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESFEROL-C 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESIFEROL-A 0 Gum not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESIFEROL-B 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESIFEROL-B 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESIFEROL-C 0 Gum not available 16666.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESIFEROL-C 0 Root not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FEROCOLICIN 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERUGININ 0 Rhizome not available 90.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-ESTERS 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 600000.0 not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 13 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.