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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
LICORIDIN 0 Root *
LICORINONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LICORISOFLAVAN-A 0 Root 16.0 *
LICRASIDE 0 Root 600.0 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Rhizome 30.0 1210.0 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Root 70000.0 1.00 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Sprout Seedling *
LIQUIRITIGENIN-4',7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root 20.0 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN-4'-APIOSYL-(1,2)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
LIQUIRITIN 3 Rhizome 7900.0 36490.0 1.00 *
LIQUIRITIN 3 Root 120.0 300000.0 1.00 *
LIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root 120.0 9000.0 *
LUPIWIGHTEONE 0 Shoot 6.0 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 3690.0 5070.0 1.33 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 13.0 26.0 -0.24 *
MANNITOL 18 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Root *
NARCISSIN 0 Leaf 16.0 *
NARINGENIN 56 Root *
NEOGLYCYROL 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prooxidant 1 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Dunstan, C. A., Liu, B., Welch, C. J., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Alphitol, a Phenolic Substance from Alphitonia zizyphoides which Inhibits Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in vitro. Phytochemistry, 48(3): 495-497.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 *
Pseudoaldosteronistic 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Quinone-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Radioprotective 1 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 *
Sweetener 5 *
Teratogenic 1 *
Teratologic 1 *