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
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	124.0	790.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Shoot	9500.0	9700.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Shoot	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	11400.0	-0.73	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1790.0	11400.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PRENYLLICOFLAVONE-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRIMULA-ACID-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	17270.0	110000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOIONONE	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRAZOLE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.

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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 *