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Common Names
Chinese Licorice; Gan-Cao; Kan-Tsao
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-O-METHYLGLYCYROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6''-O-ACETYL-LIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-C-PRENYL-ERIODICTYOL | 0 | Root | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN | 1 | Root | not available | 100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOISOLIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOLIQUIRITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN | 1 | Root | not available | 600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Root | not available | 0.3 | -0.19 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
| ASPARANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | 16.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETULINIC-ACID | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 6850.0 | 23500.0 | 1.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CLYCOSIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 13.0 | 14.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATIN | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | not available | 50.0 | -0.65 | Isaev, V. 1932. Essential Oils of the Flora of Tadshikistan. Acta Hortii Bot Tadshikistan 1932: 17-. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |