Plant Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	124.0	790.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Shoot	9500.0	9700.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Shoot	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	11400.0	-0.73	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1790.0	11400.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PRENYLLICOFLAVONE-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRIMULA-ACID-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	17270.0	110000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOIONONE	0	Root	not available	1.0	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.
PYRAZOLE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRAZOLE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	20	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivasculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	28	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.