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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
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 6 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 7 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *