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Plant 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
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-BUTYRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-BUTYRATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-FORMATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-FORMATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-PROPIONATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-PROPIONATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURYL-ETHYL-KETONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURYL-METHYL-KETONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALANGIN 13 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEXALACTONE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Root not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bufocide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 10 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 50 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 18 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Carcinogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 2 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.