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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID 1 Root *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID 1 Root Essent. Oil *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 124.0 790.0 -0.48 *
PINOCEMBRIN 9 Plant *
PINOCEMBRIN 9 Shoot 9500.0 9700.0 1.41 *
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Shoot 8000.0 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 11400.0 -0.73 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 1790.0 11400.0 -0.32 *
PRENYLLICOFLAVONE-A 0 Root *
PRIMULA-ACID-A 0 Root *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Root *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Root Essent. Oil *
PROTEIN 0 Root 17270.0 110000.0 -0.09 *
PRUNETIN 2 Leaf *
PRUNETIN 2 Plant *
PSEUDOIONONE 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.
PYRAZOLE 0 Root *
PYRAZOLE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiyeast 2 *
Anxiolytic 6 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphidifuge 2 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 10 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 5 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 4 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bactericide 1 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 2 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *