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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOYASAPONINS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 7850.0 | 200000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Shoot | not available | 15000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | 24000.0 | 91700.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Root | 30000.0 | 140000.0 | 1.64 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 12560.0 | 120000.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 72000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 39.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 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. |
| TETRAHYDRO-2-METHYL-FURAN-3-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 2.1 | -0.41 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.3 | 2.1 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJONE | 17 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIGLALDEHYDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |