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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
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 *
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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
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 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.
Anticataract 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 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
AntiCrohn's 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *