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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHYL-LINOLENATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-PALMITATE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-PHENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE | 1 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Root | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 1570.0 | 10000.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 84000.0 | -0.09 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 84000.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 323000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Root | not available | 4.2 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Root | 33.0 | 1920.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Root | not available | 2.0 | -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. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 11 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |