ferula assa-foetida l . is distributed throughout central asia and mediterranean area and grows wildly in iran and afghanistan. asafoetida is an oleo-gum-resin that is the exudates of the roots of ferula assa-foetida and some other ferula species. in iranian traditional medicine, asafoetida is considered to be sedative, analgesic, carminative, antispasmodic, diuretic, antihelmintic, emmenagogue...

introduction:frankincense is a natural oleo-gum-resin which is obtained through slits made in the trunks of trees of the genus boswellia (family burseraceae). the genus boswellia is approximately represented by 43 different trees and shrubs distributed mostly in the india, arabian peninsula, and east africa (mothana et al.2011). trees from the genus boswellia (burseraceae) are traditionally use...

Frankincense is an oleo-gum-resin collected from wild Boswellia spp. trees, and widely used in perfumery, cosmetics, aromatherapy, incense, other industries. rivae, growing Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, one source of frankincense, but little-commercialized compared to species such as B. sacra, frereana, papyrifera. In this study, we examine the resin essential oil chemistry harvesting systems rivae...

Pentacyclic triterpenes are ubiquitously distributed throughout the plant kingdom, in a free form as aglycones or in combined forms, and have long been known to have a number of biological effects. The compounds-amyrin and -amyrin are commonly found in medicinal plants and oleo-resin obtained by bark incision of several species of Bursera or Protium of the Burseraceae family. Both in vitro a...

The mechanism of ixodid tick (Acari: Ixodidae) repellency by gum haggar, a resin produced by Commiphora holtziana (Burseraceae), was investigated by evaluating activity against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus. In an arena bioassay, a hexane extract of the resin of C. holtziana exhibited a repellent effect lasting up to 5h. The hydrocarbon fraction of the resin extract was shown to account ...

angiogenesis, formation of new blood vessels, play an important role in some diseases such as cancer and its metastasis. using angiogenesis inhibitors, therefore, is one of the ways for cancer treatment and prevention of metastasis. medicinal plants have been shown to play a major role in the treatment of a variety of cancers. in this direction, cytotoxic and angiogenic effects of oleo gum resi...

diabetes is a common metabolic disease in the world that has many adverse effects. olibanum gum resin (from trees of the genus boswellia) has traditionally been used in the treatment of various diseases such as diabetes. the aim of this study was the comparison of olibanum gum resin effect with placebo on the treatment of type 2 diabetes. inclusion criteria was diabetic patients with fasting bl...

OBJECTIVE(S) 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to evaluate neuronal differentiation, neuronal like cells were stained against neuronal specific markers β-Tubulin III and MAP2. After establishment of neuronal differenti...