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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
2-METHYL-PHENOL 0 Root 1.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-METHYL-PROPANOIC-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.
2-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-FURAN-3-ONE 0 Root *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root 2.0 -1.00 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-PHENETHANOL 0 Root *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-TETRAHYDRO-2-METHYL-FURAN-3-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
21-ALPHA-HYDROXY-ISOGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
22,23-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL 0 Plant *
22,23-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
23-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-HYDROXY-11-DEOXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRRHIZIN 0 Plant *
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRRHIZIN 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
24-HYDROXYLIQUIRITIC-ACID 0 Root *
28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
3'-METHOXYGLABRIDIN 0 Root 117.0 *
3,24-DIHYDROXY-OLEANA-11,13(18)-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
3,24-DIHYDROXY-OLEANA-9(11),12-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
3,5-OCTADIEN-2-ONE 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 11 *
AntiHIV 13 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 *
AntiHot-Flash 1 *
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 2 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th