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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
5-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Plant *
5-PENTYLPYRAN-2-ONE 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.
6-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL)-5,7-DIHYDROXY-FLAVANONE 0 Shoot *
6-METHYL-3,5-HEPTADIEN-2-ONE 0 Root 2.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
6-METHYL-3-UNDECENE 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.
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 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.
7-ACETOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root 17.0 *
7-HYDROXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
7-METHOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Plant 25.0 *
7-METHOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root 25.0 *
7-METHOXY-3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTANAL 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.
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-10,11-EPOXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Root *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-10,11-EPOXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Stem *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-TRANS-10-ENOIC-ACID 0 Root *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-TRANS-10-ENOIC-ACID 0 Stem *
9-METHYL-3-UNDECENE 0 Root 2.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root 2.0 *
ACETOIN 0 Root *
ACETOIN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETOL 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Skin) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 8 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 20 *
Antiulcer? 2 *
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 *
Antivaccinia 2 *
Antivaccinic 1 *
Antivaginitic 2 *
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 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 28 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.