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Production and Study of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Gelatin Nano-Capsules Containing Ferula assa-foetida Essential Oil [PDF]

Majallah-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i Arāk, 2015
Background: Ferula assa-foetida is one of the common medicines that was used as antiseptic with a view to traditional uses, it can be used as a safe and effective drug to treat diseases particularly resistant bacterial infections.
Somayeh Jahani, Masoud Salehi, Amin Shakiba, Aliasghar Moradipur, Foruzan Foruzandeh   +4 more
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Double edged effect of gum-resin of ferula assa-foetida on lifespan of neurons. [PDF]

Iran J Basic Med Sci, 2013
Based on knowledge from traditional herbal medicine, Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida) has several therapeutic applications but there is less knowledge about its effect on neurons.In order to evaluate neuronal differentiation, neuronal like cells were stained against neuronal specific markers β-Tubulin III and MAP2.
Homayouni Moghadam F, Vakili Zarch B, Shafiei M.   +2 more
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Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Ferula assa-foetida on Modulating SMAD4 Tumor Suppressor Gene Expression in Caco-2 Cell Line Derived from Human Colorectal Adenocarcinoma [PDF]

Journal of Epigenetics
This study investigated the effect of ethanolic extract of Ferula assa-foetida on the expression of SMAD4, a critical tumor suppressor gene, in the Caco-2 colorectal cancer cell line.
Ali Abolhasanzadeh Parizi, Milad Lagzian
doaj   +3 more sources

Green synthesis of nanoselenium by Ferula assa-foetida (L.) root extract: Docking study, antimicrobial activity, and its role as a biostimulant in Vicia faba (L.) seedlings [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) using Ferula assa-foetida L. root extract offers an eco-friendly approach for biomedical and agricultural applications by leveraging plant metabolites. This study characterized SeNPs, evaluated
Eman Zakaria Ahmed, Amira Mohamed Abd El-Sattar, Eslam T. Mohamed, Muhammad Gamal Abdelmaksoud, Heba El-Sayed   +4 more
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Anticonvulsant effect of ferula assa-foetida oleo gum resin on chemical and amygdala-kindled rats. [PDF]

N Am J Med Sci, 2014
In Iranian traditional medicine, Ferula assa-foetida oleo gum resin (asafoetida) have been used as anti-convulsant agents.This study was designed to evaluate the anti-convulsant effect of asafoetida on chemical and amygdala -kindled rats.In chemical model, rats received orally asafoetida at dose of 50 and 100 mg/kg 90 minutes prior to Pentylenetetrazol
Bagheri SM, Rezvani ME, Vahidi AR, Esmaili M.   +3 more
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Effect of Ferula assa-foetida oleo-gum-resin on renal function in normal Wistar rats. [PDF]

Indian J Nephrol, 2016
In traditional Iranian medicine, asafoetida, an oleo-gum-resin obtained from the roots of Ferula assa-foetida, has been prescribed as a diuretic. This study was undertaken to investigate the diuretic effect of asafoetida in normal rats. Asafoetida was administered orally at the doses of 25 and 50 mg/kg and furosemide (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) was ...
Bagheri SM, Mohammadsadeghi H, Dashti-R MH, Mousavian SM, Aghaei ZA.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Essential oil analysis and antibacterial activity of Ferula assa-foetida L. aerial parts from Neishabour mountains [PDF]

Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2016
Background and objectives: Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida) is a native Iranian species which grows in different regions and climates in Iran. The plant is well known in Iranian Traditional Medicine as well as folk medicine for treatment of diseases ...
N. Samadi, S. Shahani, H. Akbarzadeh, S. Mohammadi-Motamed, E. Safaripour, F. Farjadmand, M. Eftekhari, H.R. Monsef-Esfahani, M. Khanavi   +8 more
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Ferula assa-foetida Linnaeus, 1753, spec. nov. [PDF]

Ferula assa-foetida, spec. nov. 9. Ferula foliolis alternatim sinuatis obtusis. Mat. med. 118. Assa foetida disgunensis umbellifera ligustico affinis. Kaempf. amoen. 535. t.536. Habitat in Persia . ♃
Linnaeus, Carolus
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Ferula assa-foetida Fruits: Antioxidant Activity, Toxicity Potential and Phytochemical Constituents [PDF]

Research Journal of Pharmacognosy
Background and objectives: Ferula assa-foetida L. is a perennial plant distributed in central and eastern Iran, also in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the present study, antioxidant activity, toxicity potential and phytochemical constituents of F.
Anita Oyarhossein, Sina Maskoukian, Saeed Tavakoli, Niloofar Zonoubi, Mohammad Reza Delnavazi*   +4 more
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Antifungal activity of Ferula assa-foetida Against clinical agents of Mucormycosis

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2009
Background : Mucormycosis is an acute fungal disease and opportunistic infection caused by Mucorals order which has a wide geographic distribution.
Rasoul Mohammadi, Asghar Sepahvand, Shahla Roodbar Mohammadi, Shahla shadzi, Hajar Mirsafaei, Razieh Noor Shargh   +5 more
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