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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.
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 10 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 7 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 Duke, 1992 *