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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICUROSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Root | not available | 180000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LIGUSTRAZINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| LIGUSTRAZINE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIKVIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Root | not available | 2.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL-A-OXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL-B-OXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Root | not available | 2.0 | -1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-A-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-B-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 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. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 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. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIQCOUMARIN | 0 | Root | not available | 23.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIQUIRAZIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIQUIRIDIOLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| LIQUIRITIC-ACID | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirainhibitor | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rodenticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretogogue | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Secretolytic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Sedative | 14 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SOD-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Soporific | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Spermicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 1 | 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. |