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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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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
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root Essent. Oil *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Root *
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Tissue Culture *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 5.0 -0.12 *
BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root 5300.0 43900.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 500.0 -0.26 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot *
BETAINE 14 Plant *
BETAINE 14 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETULIC-ACID 0 Plant *
BETULIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Tissue Culture *
BUTAN-1-OL-2-ONE 0 Root *
BUTAN-1-OL-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BUTAN-1-OL-3-ONE 0 Root *
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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 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 1 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
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 *
Radioprotective 1 *
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.