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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LICUROSIDE 0 Root *
LIGNIN 13 Root 180000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LIKVIRITIN 0 Root *
LINALOL 0 Root 2.0 -0.67 *
LINALOL-A-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINALOL-B-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINALOOL 53 Root 2.0 -1.20 *
LINALOOL-A-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL-B-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil *
LIQCOUMARIN 0 Root 23.0 *
LIQUIRAZIDE 0 Root *
LIQUIRIDIOLIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIQUIRITIC-ACID 1 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 10 *
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistomatitic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antistreptococcic 4 *
Antistress 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistressor 1 *
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antitartar 1 *
Antitetanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombotic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 *