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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
METHYL-HEXANOATE 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.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant *
MUCIN 0 Plant *
MYRTENAL 5 Root 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 5.0 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 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Root *
NARINGENIN 56 Shoot *
NEOISOLIQUIRITIN 1 Root 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 *
NEOLIQUIRITIN 1 Root *
NEOSOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root *
NIACIN 39 Root 11.0 70.0 0.57 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf 100.0 1000.0 0.42 *
NONADECANE 0 Root 0.1 2.0 -1.00 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Root 2.0 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 *
O-ACETYL-SALICYLIC-ACID 0 Rhizome 1500.0 1636.0 *
O-ACETYL-SALICYLIC-ACID 0 Root 1500.0 1636.0 *
O-CRESOL 6 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiapoptotic 1 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 11 *
Antiasthmatic 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 11 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 48 *
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anticancer 8 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *