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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |