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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLYCESTRONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOCOUMARIN 0 Root 110.0 710.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GLYCYCOUMARIN 5 Root 110.0 710.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYROL 0 Root not available 80.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRAM 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 32 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 32 Root 6000.0 22400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID-MONOGLUCURONIDE 0 Root 6000.0 22400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHISOFLAVANONE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHISOFLAVONE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZA-GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed not available 50000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZA-GLABRA-TRITERPENE 0 Root not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZAN-GA 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIC-ACID 17 Plant 100000.0 240000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN 57 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN 57 Rhizome 24000.0 27560.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN 57 Root 360.0 520600.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiincontinence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 41 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antijet-lag 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antileucodermic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukodermic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *