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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.
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *