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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Licorice, Gan-Cao, Kan-Tsao
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-METHOXY-FICIFOLINOL Root -- 3.4 -- *
0 18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHIZIN Root -- 200.0 -- *
0 18-ALPHA-HYDROXY-GLYCYRRHETATE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 18-BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 2',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-ALPHA-ALPHA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN Root -- -- -- *
0 2',4',7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN Root -- -- -- *
0 2,3-DIHYDRO-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN Root -- -- -- *
0 2-METHYL-7-HYDROXYISOFLAVONE Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 22-BETA-ACETYL-GLABRIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 24-HYDROXYGLABROLIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER Root -- -- -- *
0 28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 3-ACETYL-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-OLEAN-11,13(18)-DIEN-30-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER Root -- -- -- *
0 3-BETA-FORMYLGLABROLIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 3-O-METHYLGLYCYROL Root -- -- -- *
0 3-OXO-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE Root -- 240.0 -- *
0 4'-O-(BETA-D-APIO-D-FURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-LIQUIRITIGENIN Root -- 120000.0 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.