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
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Root	11200.0	84000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYURANOLIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	180.0	280.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBAVACHALCONE	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYCOUMARIN	0	Rhizome	not available	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYROL	0	Rhizome	not available	270.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYROL	0	Root	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGLYCYROL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLICOFLAVONOL	2	Rhizome	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN	28	Rhizome	60.0	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN	28	Root	100.0	1050.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN	28	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN	6	Rhizome	800.0	23280.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN	6	Root	120.0	4000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE	0	Root	20.0	1650.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	21.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-F	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-G	0	Root	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KANZONOL-H	0	Root	not available	1.0	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
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	6	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.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	11	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.