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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NEOISOLIQUIRITIN 1 Root 200.0 *
NEOLIQUIRITIN 1 Root *
NICOTIFLORIN 0 Leaf 32.0 -1.00 *
ONOCERIN 0 Root *
ONONIN 2 Root 200.0 6000.0 1.41 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Sprout Seedling 0.5 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2500.0 3140.0 -0.93 *
PYRANOCOUMARIN 0 Root *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 7.0 -0.35 *
QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER 1 Leaf 48.0 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 53.0 -1.00 *
SAPONINS 5 Root 60000.0 140000.0 1.74 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SCOPOLETIN 44 Shoot 2.0 *
SIGMOIDIN-B 1 Shoot 7.0 *
SODIUM 1 Root 323.0 1340.0 0.11 *
SUCROSE 14 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URALENE 0 Leaf 26.0 *
URALENIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ZINC 77 Root 11.0 13.0 -0.49 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiptheric 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Camphor) 1 *
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Morphine) 1 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiEBV 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.
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.