Plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Licorice; Gan-Cao; Kan-Tsao

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
FORMONONETIN	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Shoot	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Sprout Seedling	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-A	0	Shoot	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-B	0	Shoot	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-C	0	Shoot	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-D	0	Shoot	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-E	0	Shoot	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-L	0	Shoot	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-M	0	Shoot	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-N	0	Shoot	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-O	0	Shoot	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-P	0	Shoot	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-P3'-METHYL-ETHER	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-Q	0	Shoot	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-R	0	Shoot	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-S	0	Shoot	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-T	0	Shoot	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-U	0	Shoot	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANCAONIN-V	0	Shoot	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenocorticotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	2	Martindale's 29th
Amphiestrogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.