The beneficial effects of Ferula asafoetida oleo-gum resin in gastrointestinal disorders

Ferula asafoetida is a plant from Umbelliferae Family, which its gum traditionally used to treat the gastrointestinal disorders (parasite, bloating, digestion, cancer). According traditional applications, subject of this review was evaluate efficacy F. in management different modern medicine. For purpose, scientific resources (PubMed, Web Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, SpringerLink, SciFinder, ACS Publications, and Wiley), books, thesis were investigated by word asafoetida, Hing, tract results evaluated. There one clinical trial on treatment functional dyspepsia, other pharmacological activities such as anti-parasite, anti-cancer, anti-diarrhea liver protective effects evaluated preclinical studies. Although, can be proposed good candidate for disorders, but majority studies have been limited experimental investigations. Therefore, evaluation safety well-designed human required use valuable oleo-gum resin.