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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-METHOXY-PHENOL | 1 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAEONOL | 20 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 89000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Root | 14130.0 | 90000.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Shoot | not available | 58000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTACOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 41.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANE | 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. |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| PENTAN-1-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTAN-1-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 4.0 | 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. |
| PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | 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. |
| PHENOL | 26 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOL | 26 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Inotropic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 11 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectiphile | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 15 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lactagogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | 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. |