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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LICUROSIDE 0 Root *
LIGNIN 13 Root 180000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LIKVIRITIN 0 Root *
LINALOL 0 Root 2.0 -0.67 *
LINALOL-A-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINALOL-B-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINALOOL 53 Root 2.0 -1.20 *
LINALOOL-A-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL-B-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Root *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil *
LIQCOUMARIN 0 Root 23.0 *
LIQUIRAZIDE 0 Root *
LIQUIRIDIOLIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIQUIRITIC-ACID 1 Root *
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Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
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 *
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 *
Capillarigenic 1 *
Capillariprotective 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Carcinogenic 6 *
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.