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

Plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Licorice, Gan-Cao, Kan-Tsao
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-METHOXY-FICIFOLINOL 0 Root 3.4 *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHIZIN 0 Root 200.0 *
18-ALPHA-HYDROXY-GLYCYRRHETATE 0 Rhizome *
18-BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
2',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-ALPHA-ALPHA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2',4',7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2,3-DIHYDRO-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root *
2-METHYL-7-HYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22-BETA-ACETYL-GLABRIC-ACID 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-ACETYL-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-OLEAN-11,13(18)-DIEN-30-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
3-BETA-FORMYLGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
3-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Root *
3-OXO-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 240.0 *
4'-O-(BETA-D-APIO-D-FURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-LIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root 120000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Adrenocorticotropic 1 (View) *
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Amphiestrogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.