Asafoetida (Ferula asafoetida): A high-value crop suitable for the cold desert of Himachal Pradesh, India
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Production of Antioxidant Peptides from Ferula Asafoetida Root Protein
In recent years, there has been much importance placed on finding novel therapeutic agents from F. asafoetida plant and it’s common name is Asafoetida. It is commonly used as a traditional medicine in Iran, Afghanistan and India. It is herbaceous plant of the Umbelliferae family and its root contains oleo gum resin which has many medicinal properties. The resin is solid or semisolid with alliac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied and Natural Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2231-5209,0974-9411
DOI: 10.31018/jans.v12i4.2418