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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ACETOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Root *
ALCOHOL 0 Root *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Root 0.1 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 29.0 182.0 -0.21 *
ANETHOLE 36 Root 1.0 *
APIGENIN 101 Root *
APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root 157.0 1.00 *
ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root 75.0 -1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 98.0 626.0 -0.29 *
ASH 0 Root 16799.0 107000.0 1.13 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root 20000.0 40000.0 1.22 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root Essent. Oil *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Mineral-Corticoid 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Mitogenic 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 3 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 5 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mycobactericide 3 *
Myorelaxant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 12 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses