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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
18-BETA-GLYCYRRHIZINIC-ACID 0 Root *
18ALPHA-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,2-DIFURYL-ETHANE 0 Root *
2,2-DIFURYL-ETHANE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,2-DIFURYL-ETHYLENE 0 Root *
2,2-DIFURYL-ETHYLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,2-DIFURYL-METHANE 0 Root *
2,2-DIFURYL-METHANE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,3-DIHYDRO-4-METHYL-FURAN 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.
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 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.
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Root Essent. Oil *
2,4-DIFURFURYL-FURAN 0 Root *
2,4-DIFURFURYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,4-DIHYDROXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Root *
2,4-DIHYDROXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2,7-DIHYDROXY-3',4'-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-ACETYL-5-METHYL-FURAN 0 Root *
2-ACETYL-5-METHYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sunscreen 4 *
Sweetener 9 *
Sympathomimetic 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.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 1 *
Teratologic 2 *
Termiticide 3 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 5 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 7 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 5 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Toxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Tracheorelaxant 2 *