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Non-scientific name:

asafetida

3 Accepted name(s) for "asafetida":

Accepted name
Ferula assa-foetida L.
Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel
Ferula narthex Boiss.

9 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L.
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Ferula asa-foetida Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Resin
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Ferula asa-foetida Ferula assa-foetida L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Ferula assa-foetida L. Resin
Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Ferula assafoetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. oleo-gum-resin
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Ferula assafoetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Ferula assa-foetida L. Oleo gum resin
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel oleo-gum-resin
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Ferula foetida Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel Oleo gum resin
Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) Ferula asafoetida (H.Karst.) Ferula asafoetida (Falc.) H.Karst. Ferula narthex Boiss. Latex, roots, roots

18 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "asafetida":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
asafoetida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
asafétida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asant Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
assa-foetida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil's dung Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
devil's-dung Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dyvelsträck Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
férule persique Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
giant fennel Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gum asafetida Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
hing Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
hingu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kamol Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kavrak Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
regel Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
rochaek Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sassyr Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stinkasant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)