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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
ACETOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 29.0 182.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Root not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root not available 157.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root not available 75.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 98.0 626.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 16799.0 107000.0 1.13 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root 20000.0 40000.0 1.22 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 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.