''Ferula persica'', the Persian asafoetida, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus and Iran.
It contains a number of
matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.
References
persica Persica may be:
* Persica (Ctesias), a lost historical work
* Persica, a subgenus of plants
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Flora of the Transcaucasus
Flora of Iran
Plants described in 1798
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