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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
2-METHYL-PHENOL 0 Root 1.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-METHYL-PROPANOIC-ACID 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-FURAN-3-ONE 0 Root *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root 2.0 -1.00 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
2-PHENETHANOL 0 Root *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-TETRAHYDRO-2-METHYL-FURAN-3-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
21-ALPHA-HYDROXY-ISOGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
22,23-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL 0 Plant *
22,23-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
23-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-HYDROXY-11-DEOXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRRHIZIN 0 Plant *
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRRHIZIN 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
24-HYDROXYLIQUIRITIC-ACID 0 Root *
28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
3'-METHOXYGLABRIDIN 0 Root 117.0 *
3,24-DIHYDROXY-OLEANA-11,13(18)-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
3,24-DIHYDROXY-OLEANA-9(11),12-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
3,5-OCTADIEN-2-ONE 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Detoxicant 3 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.