Plant Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
LIQUIRITIGENIN	12	Root	not available	140.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIN	3	Rhizome	100.0	470.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIN	3	Root	not available	2300.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITOGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-APIOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITOGENIN-CHALCONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUORIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	1515.0	9650.0	3.77	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
MALTOL	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
MALTOL	11	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.7	4.7	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYPHASEOLLIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXADECANOATE	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.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.