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

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
1-METHOXY-FICIFOLINOL 0 Root 3.4 *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHIZIN 0 Root 200.0 *
18-ALPHA-HYDROXY-GLYCYRRHETATE 0 Rhizome *
18-BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
2',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-ALPHA-ALPHA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2',4',7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2,3-DIHYDRO-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root *
2-METHYL-7-HYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22-BETA-ACETYL-GLABRIC-ACID 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-ACETYL-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-OLEAN-11,13(18)-DIEN-30-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
3-BETA-FORMYLGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
3-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Root *
3-OXO-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 240.0 *
4'-O-(BETA-D-APIO-D-FURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-LIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root 120000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Capillariprotective 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Carcinogenic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 *
CNS-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclin-Inhibitor 1 *