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
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID	0	Root	5300.0	43900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	500.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETULIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIC-ACID	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL-2-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL-2-ONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.