| The Ferulago genus appertains to the Umbelliferae family comprises 49 species which are
mainly distributed in Asia, Europe, and Africa. This paper aims to review the morphological
properties of Ferulago species, herbal components, and their pharmacological properties.
The information of this review paper has been collected from journals available in databases
including Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, EBSCO, Google Scholar, and
Hindawi up to March 2020. In traditional medicine, the genus of Ferulago has been used to treat
intestinal worms, snake bites, wound skin infections, diseases of the spleen and gastrointestinal
tract, and headaches. It not only has been used traditionally as a preservative agent to dairy, oil
ghee, and meat but also has given them a pleasant taste. The main components of Ferulago spp. are
monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, coumarin, furanocoumarin, flavonoids, and terpenoids have been
the reason for the antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticoagulant, antidiabetic, Alzheimer, and larvicidal
properties of this plant. This review confirms that many traditional uses of some Ferulago species
have now been validated by modern pharmacology research. Rigorous investigations of all the
species of Ferulago concerning phytochemical and pharmacological properties, mainly their
mechanism of action, efficacy, and safety might offer a context for researchers to prosper plantderived medications like anti-diabetes, antibiotics, and sedatives treating drugs, and the key to
directing clinical trials. |