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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CRESOL 5 Root *
CUMIC-ALCOHOL 0 Root 4.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
D-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome *
DECANE 0 Root *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Root 1.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DESOXOGLABROLIDE 0 Plant *
DIFURFURYL-ETHER 0 Root *
DIFURFURYL-ETHER 0 Root Essent. Oil *
DIHYDRO-5,5-DIMETHYL-2(3H)-FURANONE 0 Root 2.0 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DIMETHYL-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root *
DOCOSANE 0 Root 0.1 25.0 *
DODECANE 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DODECANOIC-ACID 1 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DOTRIACONTANE 0 Root 3.0 9.0 *
ECHINATIN 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
EICOSANE 0 Root 0.0 19.0 1.00 *
EO 0 Root 400.0 590.0 -0.63 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Root 1.0 *
ESTRIOL 6 Root *
ETHYL-LINOLEATE 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pancreaprotective 1 *
Parasiticide 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
PDGF-Inhibitor 1 *
Perfumery 21 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 85 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photoactive 2 *
Phototoxic 1 *
Phytoalexin 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *