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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
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-BETA-GLUCOSONOSYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYL-2-OCTENAL 0 Root 0.0 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-1,4-DIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-ETHYL-6-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-6-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-FORMYL-5-METHYL-PYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-FORMYL-5-METHYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANAL 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-CYCLOPENT-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-CYCLOPENT-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHALYL-PHENOL 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-DECEN-5-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available 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-5-ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available 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-5-ISOPROPYL-PHENOL 0 Root not available 2.0 not available 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-6-METHYLENE-7-OCTEN-2-OL 0 Root not available 1.0 not available 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimicrobial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitochondrial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 5 Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 26 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 Martindale's 28th