BACKGROUND In Ayurveda, asafetida is introduced as a valuable remedy for flatulence, hysteria, nervous disorders, whooping cough, pneumonia and bronchitis in children and also considered as an aphrodisiac agent. Presently, Leishmaniasis is common in most countries of the world and is a serious health problem in the world. Some plant medicines and natural products have a new candidate for treatm...

ferula (ferula assafetida) is a perennial plant which belongs to umbelliferea family is grow in a wide range of arid and semi-arid regions in iran. ferulla assafetida contains compounds including coumarins and sesquiterpens that has been traditionally used to treat diseases such as nervous disorders, asthma, gastrointestinal disease and epilepsy.. effects of asafetida gum extract on blood param...

The present study explores the hepatoprotective activity of various extracts of Ferula asafoetida, Momordica charantia Linn and Nardostachys jatamansi against experimental hepatotoxicity. Polyherbal suspensions were formulated using extracts showing significant activity and evaluated for both physicochemical and hepatoprotective activity in comparison with LIV-52 as standard. Petroleum ether (6...

Larvicidal activity of acetone and petroleum ether extracts of four plants Murraya koenigii, Coriandrum sativum, Ferula asafoetida, Trigonella foenum graceum and synthetic larvicides Fenthion and Temephos used alone and in combination was carried out against A. aegypti larvae under laboratory conditions. Optimum values were found out by using different concentrations of each plant (ranged 25 pp...

Kevin P. Cain, M.D., Kimberly D. McCarthy, B.Sc., M.M., Charles M. Heilig, Ph.D., Patama Monkongdee, M.Sc., Theerawit Tasaneeyapan, M.Sc., Nong Kanara, M.D., Michael E. Kimerling, M.D., M.P.H., Phalkun Chheng, M.D., M.P.H., Sopheak Thai, M.D., Borann Sar, M.D., Ph.D., Praphan Phanuphak, M.D., Ph.D., Nipat Teeratakulpisarn, M.D., Nittaya Phanuphak, M.D., Nguyen Huy Dung, M.D., Hoang Thi Quy, M.D...

background: the 4t1 cells tumor growth and metastatic pattern in balb/c mice very closely mimic human breast cancer. these herbal remedies used in traditional folk medicine have been the source of many medically beneficial drugs. the aim of the current study was to evaluate the anti-proliferative activity of the asafoetida, ginseng and fennel ethanolic extracts on mouse breast cancer 4t1 cell-l...

A high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed for the estimation of ferulic acid from asafoetida and a polyherbal preparation. The separation was carried out on HiQSil ODS C-18 column with a mobile phase of acetonitrile: 10% acetic acid (20:80 v/v). The developed method was validated as per International Conference of Harmonization guidelines for various parameters such as accur...