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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
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Root 140.0 -1.00 *
LIQUIRITIN 3 Rhizome 100.0 470.0 -1.00 *
LIQUIRITIN 3 Root 2300.0 -1.00 *
LIQUIRITINIC-ACID 0 Plant *
LIQUIRITOGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-APIOSIDE 0 Root *
LIQUIRITOGENIN-CHALCONE 0 Plant *
LIQUORIC-ACID 0 Root *
LUPEOL 21 Tissue Culture *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1515.0 9650.0 3.77 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
MALTOL 11 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
MALTOL 11 Root Essent. Oil *
MALTOSE 2 Root *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.7 4.7 -0.49 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant *
MANNITOL 18 Root *
METHOXYPHASEOLLIN 0 Root *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Root *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Root Essent. Oil *
METHYL-HEXADECANOATE 0 Root 1.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
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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 *