Biology:Ferula persica

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Apiaceae

Ferula persica
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ferula
Species:
F. persica
Binomial name
Ferula persica
Synonyms[1]
  • Ferula puberula Boiss. & Buhse
  • Peucedanum persicum (Willd.) Baill.
  • Prangos euryangiodes Stapf & Wettst.

Ferula persica, the Persian asafoetida, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus and Iran.[1][2] It contains a number of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ferula persica Willd." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/842442-1. 
  2. "Ferula persica Persian asafoetida". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/158807/ferula-persica/details. 
  3. Shahverdi, A.R.; Saadat, F.; Khorramizadeh, M.R.; Iranshahi, M.; Khoshayand, M.R. (2006). "Two matrix metalloproteinases inhibitors from Ferula persica var. persica". Phytomedicine 13 (9–10): 712–717. doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2006.01.003. PMID 16487689. 

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