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Common Names
Chinese Licorice; Gan-Cao; Kan-Tsao
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-O-METHYLGLYCYROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6''-O-ACETYL-LIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-C-PRENYL-ERIODICTYOL | 0 | Root | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN | 1 | Root | not available | 100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOISOLIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOLIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN | 1 | Root | not available | 600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Root | not available | 0.3 | -0.19 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
| ASPARANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | 16.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETULINIC-ACID | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 6850.0 | 23500.0 | 1.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CLYCOSIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 13.0 | 14.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | not available | 50.0 | -0.65 | Isaev, V. 1932. Essential Oils of the Flora of Tadshikistan. Acta Hortii Bot Tadshikistan 1932: 17-. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiAddisonian | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamnesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamyloid-Beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |