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
LICOPYRANOCOUMARIN	7	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-A-3	0	Rhizome	not available	290.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-A-3	0	Root	5.8	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-B-2	0	Rhizome	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-B-2	0	Root	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-C-2	0	Rhizome	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-C-2	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-D-3	0	Rhizome	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-D-3	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-E-2	0	Rhizome	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-E-2	0	Root	2.4	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-F-3	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-G-2	0	Root	0.6	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-H-2	0	Root	1.4	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-J-2	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-K-2	0	Root	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICE-SAPONIN-L-3	0	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICIDIN	1	Root	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORICONE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	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
Antiglaucomic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	9	Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	9	Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *