Ferula foetida for

Phytochemistry Refer to Ferula foetida for general information on the genus Ferula. All plant parts of F. kuhistanica contain resin and essential oils. The fresh roots contain 0.42-0.72 % essential oils, the fruits 0.54 % and the fresh leaves 0.08 %. From steam distillation, 11.7-14.8 % green-colored, strong smelling essential oils were extracted. Leaf oil contains 85 % d-pinene. Roots contain up to 28 % and fruits 10-11 % resins. The resin contains n-carbohc acid (12.5 %), anisic and angelic acids, and umbeUiferone (Khalmatov 1964). Daucane-type sesquiterpenes and daucane esters have been isolated from the roots and stems (Chen et al. 2000). 

Phytochemistry See Ferula foetida for general information on the genus Ferula. The roots contain up to 21.5 % resins containing phytosterin, vanillic acid, umbelliferone, fatty acids (including isovaleric), up to 4 % essential oil, consisting of linalyl acetate, citronellyl acetate, ferulene, sesquiterpenes, doremon, doremol and its acetic ester, as well as the sesquiterpene sambulene and up to 24.41 % total sugars (Tsukurvanik and Simkhaev 1948 Khalmatov 1964). The dried roots contained many different coumarins and sesquiterpene lactones (Zhou et al. 2000 El-Razek et al. 2001). 

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