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Ferula hermonis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Ferula hermonis. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Ferula hermonis Boiss.

4Constituent measurements
1Safety records
3Cited sources
2Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 2 licensed products naming Ferula hermonis as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Daidzein2
  • Biochanin-a1
  • Triterpene saponins1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts5

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction5

Effect types

  • Reproductive1

Target tissues

  • Testes1

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
Biochanin-aRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.08 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
DaidzeinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.33 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
DaidzeinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.25 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
Triterpene saponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
ReproductiveTestesRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionHouse mouse (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Ibraheim, Zedan Z., Abdel-Mageed, Wael M., Jaspars, Marcel. Triterpenoid saponins from Ferula hermonis Boiss. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2012, vol. 40, p. 86-90. DOI
  2. Saeed, Ibtesam A., Ali, Lizna., Jabeen, Ayesha., Khasawneh, Mohammad., Rizvi, Tahir A., Ashraf, S. Salman. Estrogenic Activities of Ten Medicinal Herbs from the Middle East. Journal of chromatographic science, 2013, vol. 51, no. 1, p. 33-39. DOI
  3. Ayuob, Nasra N., AL-Harbi, Mohammad S., Abdulhadi, Soad S. Is the chronic use of Ferula harmonis to enhance mice erectile function effective and safe? A histopathological study . Systems biology in reproductive medicine, 2014, vol. 60, no. 5, p. 282-292. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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