ASAFOETIDA: A REVIEW ON BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Abstract

Ferula asafoetida Linn. is a main source of asafoetida. It has pungent, persistent, sulfurous odor, and oleo-gum resin, which has nutritional and therapeutic value, is Ferula asafoetida Linn. For millennia, people have used asafoetida as a spice and traditional medicine. Numerous intriguing properties have been revealed by recent research, including antispasmodic, hypotensive, hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, anticarcinogenic, anticancer, anticytotoxicity, antiobesity, anthelmintic, digestive enzyme, antioxidant, and antagonistic effects. Asafoetida's phytochemistry as well as several pharmacological and clinical investigations are comprehensively covered in this article.