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Plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Fabaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KANZONOL-I 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-J 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-K 0 Rhizome not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-L 0 Rhizome not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-M 0 Root not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-N 0 Root not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-O 0 Root not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-P 0 Root not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUMATAKENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOBENZOFURAN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-A 28 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-A 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-B 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCOUMARONE 4 Rhizome 19.0 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCOUMARONE 4 Root not available 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LICOFLAVONE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOFLAVONOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOISOFLAVONE-A 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICONEOLIGNAN 0 Root not available 15.0 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
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 7 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *