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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
LICUROSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Root not available 180000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIKVIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Root not available 2.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-A-OXIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-B-OXIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Root not available 2.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-A-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-B-OXIDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIQCOUMARIN 0 Root not available 23.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRAZIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRIDIOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIQUIRITIC-ACID 1 Root 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
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 12 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Cytotoxic (Breast) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant 2 Martindale's 28th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 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.
Dermatitigenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.