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Plant 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.
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
KANZONOL-I 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-J 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-K 0 Rhizome not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-L 0 Rhizome not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-M 0 Root not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-N 0 Root not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-O 0 Root not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-P 0 Root not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUMATAKENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOBENZOFURAN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-A 28 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-A 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCHALCONE-B 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCOUMARONE 4 Rhizome 19.0 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOCOUMARONE 4 Root not available 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LICOFLAVONE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOFLAVONOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICOISOFLAVONE-A 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LICONEOLIGNAN 0 Root not available 15.0 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
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreaprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
PDGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 22 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 5 Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *