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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRESOL | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMIC-ALCOHOL | 0 | 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. |
| D-SUCROSE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | 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. |
| DESOXOGLABROLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIFURFURYL-ETHER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIFURFURYL-ETHER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDRO-5,5-DIMETHYL-2(3H)-FURANONE | 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. |
| DIMETHYL-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOCOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECANE | 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. |
| DODECANOIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| DOTRIACONTANE | 0 | Root | 3.0 | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| EICOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 19.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 400.0 | 590.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRIOL | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-LINOLEATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |