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
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-PROPIONIC-ACID	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	124.0	790.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN	9	Shoot	9500.0	9700.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Shoot	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	11400.0	-0.73	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1790.0	11400.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PRENYLLICOFLAVONE-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRIMULA-ACID-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	17270.0	110000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOIONONE	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.
PYRAZOLE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRAZOLE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.

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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
Antiapoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	48	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *