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
BUTAN-1-OL-3-ONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOIC-ACID	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.
BUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	1379.0	8780.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	121361.0	773000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Plant	not available	300000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Root	not available	300000.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.3	1.7	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	2.0	10.1	-0.33	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).