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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIGLALDEHYDE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 4.0 | 24.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 34.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANE | 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. |
| TRIDECANOIC-ACID | 2 | 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. |
| TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANE | 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. |
| UNDECANOIC-ACID | 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. |
| URALENIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URALOZIDE-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 15000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| URALSAPONIN-B | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 8130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URALSAPONIN-B | 0 | Root | not available | 8130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITEXIN | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 843000.0 | 0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOTOXIN | 43 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Root | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1.05 | 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 * |