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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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
Expectorant 2 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic 2 Martindale's 29th
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 8 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Fungistat 2 Weidenborner, M., Hindorf, H., Jha, H.C., and Tsotsonos, P. 1989. Antifungal Activity of Flavonoids Against Storage Fungi of the Genus Aspergillus. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1103-1105.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemoglobin-Inducer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemolytic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 8 *
Herbicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Herbicide-Safener 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 4 *
Hypocholesterolemic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.