farnesiferols, ferulic acid and other acids; about 25% gum; about 6—17% volatile oil, major constituent being sec-propenylisobutyl disulphide; sulphated terpenes, pinene, cadinene and vanfflin; sesquiterpenoid coumarins. Some compounds from Ferula sp. ehibit antifertility activity.
Dosage Detoxified oleo gum-resin—125—50 mg. (API Vol. I.)
Ferula galbaniflua
Boiss. ex Buhse.
Synonym F gummosa Boiss.
Family Umbelhferae; Apiaceae.
Habitat Native to Persia. Occasionally grown North-Western Himalaya.
Unani Gaosheer, Jawaasheer. (Galbanum has been wrongly
equated with Gandhbirozaa, the oleo-resin of Pine.)
Action Oleo-gum-resin—digestive stimulant, antispasmodic; used
for flatulence and colic; as an
expectorant; and as a uterine tonic.
Ferula gum mosa contains resinuous substances (60%), maj or constituents being galbaresenic and galbanic acids; volatile oil (5—30%) containing mono- and sesquiterpenes, alcohols and acetates; azulenes; thiol esters; undecatriens; resinic acids (30—40%); gums; umbelliferone.
Ferula jaeschkeana Vatke.
Family Umbellferae; Apiaceae.
Habitat Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh from 2,000 to 4,000 m.
Ayurvedic Hingupatri.
Action Abortifacient, anti- implantation. Being investigated as a potential contraceptive. A related species, F silphion, was used in ancient Rome as a contraceptive.
The oil extracted from the leaves possesses mycotoxic property against dermatophytes, Trichophyton sp.
The ethanolic extract of the aerial parts produced dilation and congestion and hypertrophy in liver in rats.
The roots contain sesquiterpenoids. A coumarin, ferujol, isolated from the rhizome, showed abortifacient and anti-implantation activity at a single
English Galbanum.
Ficus arnottiana Miq. 263
dose of 0.6 mg/kg in rats by oral administration in a suspension of gum acacia. The essential oil shows
