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
METHYL-HEXANOATE	0	Root	not available	not available	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.
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Root	not available	not available	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.
N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE	0	Root	not available	5.0	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.
N-NONACOSANE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOISOLIQUIRITIN	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.
NEOLICUROSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOLIQUIRITIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOSOLIQUIRITIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	11.0	70.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Leaf	100.0	1000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE	0	Root	0.1	2.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	2.0	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.
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYL-SALICYLIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	1500.0	1636.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYL-SALICYLIC-ACID	0	Root	1500.0	1636.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL	6	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
Estrogenic	14	Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
Ethanolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	12	Martindale's 29th
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic	2	Martindale's 29th
Flatulent	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	34	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	40	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungistat	5	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.