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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
5-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PENTYLPYRAN-2-ONE 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.
6-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL)-5,7-DIHYDROXY-FLAVANONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-3,5-HEPTADIEN-2-ONE 0 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.
6-METHYL-3-UNDECENE 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.
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 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.
7-ACETOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-2-METHYLISOFLAVONE 0 Root not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTANAL 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.
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-10,11-EPOXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-10,11-EPOXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-TRANS-10-ENOIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-TRANS-10-ENOIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-METHYL-3-UNDECENE 0 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.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOL 0 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.