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
NEOISOLIQUIRITIN	1	Root	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOLIQUIRITIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN	0	Leaf	not available	32.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ONOCERIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Root	200.0	6000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2500.0	3140.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
PYRANOCOUMARIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	7.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER	1	Leaf	not available	48.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	53.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	60000.0	140000.0	1.74	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SCOPOLETIN	44	Shoot	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIGMOIDIN-B	1	Shoot	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	323.0	1340.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URALENE	0	Leaf	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URALENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ZINC	77	Root	11.0	13.0	-0.49	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.