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Plant 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.
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
O-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-TOLUNITRILE 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.
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANE 0 Root 4.0 34.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANAL 0 Root 0.0 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 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.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 114000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root not available 7.0 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.
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ONOCERIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ONOCERIN 0 Root not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ONONIN 2 Root not available 320.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-METHOXY-PHENOL 1 Root not available not available not available 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.