2.1. Plant materials
Fresh aerial parts of Ferula vesceritensis Coss. & Dur [4,5] were collected from Ghardaia
(Septentrional Algerian Sahara) in March 2011. The plant was authenticated by Pr. Gérard De Bélair,
a voucher specimen was deposited at the herbarium of the Laboratory of Therapeutic Substances,
University of Constantine 1, Algeria (LOST ZK Fv03/11).