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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ASPARTIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| LAVANDOLOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAVANDULOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-A | 28 | Root | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVANONE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 4900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONE-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVANONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-A | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOPYRANOCOUMARIN | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICORICIDIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORICONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| LICURASIDE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICUROSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Differentiator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Diuretic | 14 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| DNA-Binder | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emmenagogue | 2 | Wealth of India. |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterorelaxant | 3 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Epileptigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogen-Agonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999. |