Plant Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
SOYASAPONINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
STARCH	5	Root	7850.0	200000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Shoot	not available	15000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	24000.0	91700.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Root	30000.0	140000.0	1.64	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SUGARS	0	Root	12560.0	120000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	72000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSANE	0	Root	0.1	39.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID	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.
TETRAHYDRO-2-METHYL-FURAN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	2.1	-0.41	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Root	0.3	2.1	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE	17	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIGLALDEHYDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiotitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	39	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPAF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparasitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).