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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
ISOGLYCYROL 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ISOLICOFLAVONOL 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Rhizome not available 160.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Root 1000.0 9610.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN-4-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Rhizome not available 4250.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN 6 Root 920.0 1400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMUCRONULATOL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVIOLANTHIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-R 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 2680.0 -1.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KUMATAKENIN 0 Root not available not available not available 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
UV-Screen 1 Duke, 1992 *
VAM-Stimulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Varroacide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 12 Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 10 Duke, 1992 *