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

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 *

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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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	4	Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Ergogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.