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Common Names
Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRESOL | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMIC-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | 4.0 | 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. |
| D-SUCROSE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | 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. |
| DESOXOGLABROLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIFURFURYL-ETHER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIFURFURYL-ETHER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDRO-5,5-DIMETHYL-2(3H)-FURANONE | 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. |
| DIMETHYL-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOCOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECANE | 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. |
| DODECANOIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| DOTRIACONTANE | 0 | Root | 3.0 | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| EICOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 19.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 400.0 | 590.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRIOL | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-LINOLEATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 |