Ferula persica

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Apiaceae}}

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|genus=Ferula

|species=persica

|authority=Willd.

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• Ferula puberula {{small|Boiss. & Buhse}}
• Peucedanum persicum {{small|(Willd.) Baill.}}
• Prangos euryangiodes {{small|Stapf & Wettst.}}

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Ferula persica, the Persian asafoetida, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus and Iran.{{cite POWO |id=842442-1 |title=Ferula persica Willd. |access-date=9 January 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Ferula persica Persian asafoetida |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/158807/ferula-persica/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=9 January 2022 }} It contains a number of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.{{cite journal |title=Two matrix metalloproteinases inhibitors from Ferula persica var. persica |year=2006 |last1=Shahverdi |first1=A.R. |last2=Saadat |first2=F. |last3=Khorramizadeh |first3=M.R. |last4=Iranshahi |first4=M. |last5=Khoshayand |first5=M.R. |journal=Phytomedicine |volume=13 |issue=9–10 |pages=712–717 |doi=10.1016/j.phymed.2006.01.003 |pmid=16487689 }}