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
LICOPYRANOCOUMARIN	7	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-A-3	0	Rhizome	not available	290.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-A-3	0	Root	5.8	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-B-2	0	Rhizome	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-B-2	0	Root	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-C-2	0	Rhizome	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-C-2	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-D-3	0	Rhizome	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-D-3	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-E-2	0	Rhizome	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-E-2	0	Root	2.4	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-F-3	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-G-2	0	Root	0.6	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-H-2	0	Root	1.4	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-J-2	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-K-2	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-L-3	0	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICIDIN	1	Root	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICONE	0	Root Bark	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.