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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOGLYCYROL 0 Root 200.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ISOLICOFLAVONOL 2 Rhizome *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Rhizome 160.0 -1.00 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Root 1000.0 9610.0 1.00 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN-4-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Rhizome 4250.0 -1.00 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Root 920.0 1400.0 -1.00 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root *
ISOLIQUIRITOSIDE 0 Root *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Leaf *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Root *
ISONEOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Root *
ISOVIOLANTHIN 0 Root *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Root *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot *
KANZONOL-R 0 Root 10.0 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2680.0 -1.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KUMATAKENIN 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
Hallucinogenic 1 *
Hemoglobin-Inducer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemolytic 4 Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 4 Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 17 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 9 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Herbicide-Safener 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Herpetifuge 1 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.