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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
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 *
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 *