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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
O-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Root *
O-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
O-TOLUNITRILE 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.
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Root *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Root *
OCTACOSANE 0 Root 4.0 34.0 *
OCTADECANAL 0 Root 0.0 15.0 *
OCTADECANE 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil 114000.0 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root 7.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root Essent. Oil *
ONOCERIN 0 Plant *
ONOCERIN 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ONONIN 2 Root 320.0 -0.66 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant *
P-CYMENE 16 Root *
P-CYMENOL 0 Root *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-METHOXY-PHENOL 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 *