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CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE AERIAL PART OF THE 
FERULA FOETIDA 
Aiya Sovetbek
1
, Ayaulym Minkayeva
1
, Aliya Nurlybekova
1,2
, Janar Jenis
1,2
 
1
The Research Center for Medicinal Plants, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, al-
Farabi Ave. 71, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan;
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2
Research Institute for Natural Products & Technology, Almaty 050046, Kazakhstan; 
Keywords: Ferula foetida, 
biological active constituents, macroelements, 
microelements 
Ferula foetida 
is a type of Ferula that is used in traditional medicine widely. In 
Kazakhstan, they grow in four regions: Almaty, Zhambyl, Turkestan and the south of 
Kyzylorda. Their height can be reached in 2.5 – 3 m. The flowers and fruits usually 
appear in March-April and they need 4 – 5 years to give a seed before it dies. 
In research work, we determined biological active constituents of 
Ferula foetida 
such 
us organic acids (0.155%), flavonoids (0.023%), coumarins (1.96%). In addition, we 
found moisture content (6%), total ash (0.1%) and extractive content (10.35%). Eleven 
macro and microelements from the ash of plant were identified by atomic absorption 
spectrometry method. The results showed that aerial part contains macroelements like K 
(2839.93 µg/ml), Ca (391.17 µg/ml), Na (332.7 µg/ml), Mg (183.14 µg/ml) and also 
microelements such us Fe (5.79 µg/ml), Zn (1.64 µg/ml), Mn (0.84 µg/ml), Cu (0.62 
µg/ml). 
The work was supported by the grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of 
the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No АР09259567). 
References 
1.
Bamoniri A. Determination of bioactive and fragrant molecules from leaves and 
fruits of Ferula assa-foetida L. growing in central Iran by nanoscale injection / 
A. Bamoniri, A. Mazoochi // Digest J. Nanomaterial and Biostructures. — 2010. 
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2.
Boghrati Z, Iranshahi M, Ferula species: A rich source of antimicrobial 
compounds, Journal of Herbal Medicine (2018) 
3.
Sood R. (2020). Asafoetida (Ferula asafoetida): A high-value crop suitable for 
the cold desert of Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Applied and Natural
Science, 12(4): 607 -617. 

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