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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ASPARTIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| LAVANDOLOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAVANDULOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-A | 28 | Root | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVANONE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 4900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONE-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVANONE | 0 | 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. |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-A | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOPYRANOCOUMARIN | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| LICORICIDIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORICONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| LICURASIDE | 1 | 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. |
| LICUROSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiperiodontic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperistaltic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipermeability | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 3 | Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991. |
| Antiperoxidative | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiperoxynitrite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPGE2 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 7 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antiplasmodial | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodagric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipodriac | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolio | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |