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
ACETOL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE	0	Root	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	29.0	182.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN	1	Root	not available	157.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN	1	Root	not available	75.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	98.0	626.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	16799.0	107000.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Root	20000.0	40000.0	1.22	=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
ASTRAGALIN	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	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 *