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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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephroprotective | 1 | Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996. |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Nootropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 5 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 3 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |