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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
TIGLALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Root 4.0 24.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE 0 Root 0.1 34.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANE 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.
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 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.
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANE 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.
UNDECANOIC-ACID 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.
URALENIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
URALOZIDE-ACID 0 Shoot not available 15000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URALSAPONIN-B 0 Rhizome not available 8130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
URALSAPONIN-B 0 Root not available 8130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN 18 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
WATER 0 Root not available 843000.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root 0.1 0.3 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sunscreen 4 Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener 9 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *