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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCESTRONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCOCOUMARIN | 0 | Root | 110.0 | 710.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| GLYCYCOUMARIN | 5 | Root | 110.0 | 710.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYROL | 0 | Root | not available | 80.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRAM | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID | 32 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID | 32 | Root | 6000.0 | 22400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID-MONOGLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | 6000.0 | 22400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHISOFLAVANONE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHISOFLAVONE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZA-GALACTOMANNAN | 0 | Seed | not available | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZA-GLABRA-TRITERPENE | 0 | Root | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZAN-GA | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIC-ACID | 17 | Plant | 100000.0 | 240000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Rhizome | 24000.0 | 27560.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Root | 360.0 | 520600.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antirheumatic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscleromyxoedemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 38 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiserotoninic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 2 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisindhis | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 28 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |