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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root
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
SOYASAPONINS 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
STARCH 5 Root 7850.0 200000.0 -0.48 *
STARCH 5 Shoot 15000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root *
SUCROSE 14 Root 24000.0 91700.0 -0.33 *
SUGAR 0 Root 30000.0 140000.0 1.64 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SUGARS 0 Root 12560.0 120000.0 0.16 *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Root *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil 72000.0 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL 0 Root *
TETRACOSANE 0 Root 0.1 39.0 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
TETRAHYDRO-2-METHYL-FURAN-3-ONE 0 Root *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE 22 Root *
THIAMIN 31 Root 2.1 -0.41 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.3 2.1 -0.44 *
THUJONE 17 Root *
THYMOL 71 Root *
TIGLALDEHYDE 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 5 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 4 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 4 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adaptogenic 1 *
Adrenocorticotropic 1 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 *
Allelochemic 3 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.
Allelopathic 4 *
Allergenic 15 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiestrogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.