''Ferula persica'', the Persian asafoetida, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Apiaceae Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...

, native to the Caucasus and Iran. It contains a number of

matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor A matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (INN stem ) inhibits matrix metalloproteinases. Because they inhibit cell migration, they have antiangiogenic effects. They are endogenous or exogenous. The most notorious endogenous metalloproteinases are tiss ...

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persica Flora of the Transcaucasus Flora of Iran Plants described in 1798 {{Apiaceae-stub