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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproteinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 16 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiReye's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatalgic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |