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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
BUTAN-1-OL-3-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Root *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BUTANOIC-ACID 0 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.
BUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Root *
BUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1379.0 8780.0 0.15 *
CAMPHOR 41 Root *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root Essent. Oil *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 121361.0 773000.0 -0.73 *
CARVACROL 37 Root *
CARVACROL 37 Root Essent. Oil *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant 300000.0 -0.04 *
CELLULOSE 1 Root 300000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE 20 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.3 1.7 -0.22 *
COBALT 2 Root 2.0 10.1 -0.33 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 5 *
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 14 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 9 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 16 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 7 *
Immunostimulant 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 2 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *