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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
ISOGLYCYROL 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ISOLICOFLAVONOL 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Rhizome not available 160.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Root 1000.0 9610.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN-4-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Rhizome not available 4250.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Root 920.0 1400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVIOLANTHIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-R 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 2680.0 -1.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KUMATAKENIN 0 Root not available not available not available 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
Antileukotriene 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 5 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMDR 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 10 New York Times, 3/28/95.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 6 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.