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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLABRIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GLABROLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GLYASPERIN-D | 0 | Root | not available | 0.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYCOUMARIN | 5 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 1380.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYCOUMARIN | 5 | Root | 1600.0 | 1750.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRIN | 0 | Root | not available | 400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYROL | 0 | Root | not available | 800.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYROL | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID | 29 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID | 32 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZA-PECTIC-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZA-PECTIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZA-URALENSIS-GLUCAN-6 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | 57 | Rhizome | 2000.0 | 81670.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoglycemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Immunomodulator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interferonogenic | 3 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Irritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | 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. |
| Larvistat | 2 | 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. |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |