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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NEOISOLIQUIRITIN	1	Root	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOLIQUIRITIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN	0	Leaf	not available	32.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ONOCERIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Root	200.0	6000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2500.0	3140.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
PYRANOCOUMARIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	7.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER	1	Leaf	not available	48.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	53.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	60000.0	140000.0	1.74	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SCOPOLETIN	44	Shoot	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIGMOIDIN-B	1	Shoot	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	323.0	1340.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URALENE	0	Leaf	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URALENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ZINC	77	Root	11.0	13.0	-0.49	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
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	19	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *