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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
BUTAN-1-OL-3-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Root not available 2.0 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.
BUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1379.0 8780.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 121361.0 773000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant not available 300000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Root not available 300000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE 20 Root not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.3 1.7 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 2.0 10.1 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *