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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERANIOL | 35 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRALONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| GLABRANIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRANIN | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRANIN | 4 | Shoot | not available | 3100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRANIN-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRANIN-A | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| GLABRANIN-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRANIN-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| GLABRENE | 5 | Rhizome | 129.0 | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRENE | 5 | Root | 80.0 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRIDIN | 37 | Rhizome | 1433.0 | 5700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRIDIN | 37 | Root | 400.0 | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABROL | 6 | Root | 129.0 | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABROLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLABRONE | 0 | Root | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOLIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | 30000.0 | 42300.0 | 1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |