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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,7-DIMETHYL-7(4-METHYL-3-PENTENYL)-TRICYCLOHEPTANE 0 Root 0.1 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2-FURYL)-PROPAN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2-FURYL)-PROPAN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(5-METHYL-2-FURYL)-PROPANE-1,2-DIONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(5-METHYL-2-FURYL)-PROPOANE-1,2-DIONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETYLPYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-FURFURYL-2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-FURFURYL-2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-FURFURYL-2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-FURFURYL-2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHOXY-4-ISOPROPYL-BENZENE 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.
1-METHOXY-4-ISOPROPYL-CYCLOHEXANE 0 Root not available 2.0 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.
1-METHYL-2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTADECANOL 0 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.
11-DEOXO-GLABROLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
11-DESOXOGLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root 1300.0 7100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHIZINIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
18-BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root 39800.0 168000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 Dunstan, C. A., Liu, B., Welch, C. J., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Alphitol, a Phenolic Substance from Alphitonia zizyphoides which Inhibits Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in vitro. Phytochemistry, 48(3): 495-497.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Pseudoaldosteronistic 1 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Quinone-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.