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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
HEXADECYL-ACETATE 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.
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Root not available 148.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Root not available 8.0 -1.00 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
HEXYL-FORMATE 1 Root not available 4.0 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.
HISPAGLABRIDIN-A 3 Rhizome not available 127.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIDIN-A 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIDIN-B 3 Rhizome not available 119.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIDIN-B 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIN-A 0 Rhizome not available 127.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIN-A 0 Root not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIN-B 0 Rhizome not available 119.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPAGLABRIN-B 0 Root not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE 15 Root not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 14.0 88.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ADIPATE 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.
ISOGLABROLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYCOUMARIN 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYROL 0 Rhizome 80.0 200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 7 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 4 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 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.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 4 Duke, 1992 *