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
GLYCESTRONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOCOUMARIN	0	Root	110.0	710.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GLYCYCOUMARIN	5	Root	110.0	710.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYROL	0	Root	not available	80.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRAM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID	32	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID	32	Root	6000.0	22400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID-MONOGLUCURONIDE	0	Root	6000.0	22400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHISOFLAVANONE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHISOFLAVONE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZA-GALACTOMANNAN	0	Seed	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZA-GLABRA-TRITERPENE	0	Root	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZAN-GA	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIC-ACID	17	Plant	100000.0	240000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Rhizome	24000.0	27560.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Root	360.0	520600.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Laxative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Lipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	13	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1	Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.