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
LICORIDIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICORINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LICORISOFLAVAN-A	0	Root	not available	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LICRASIDE	0	Root	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN	12	Rhizome	30.0	1210.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN	12	Root	not available	70000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN	12	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN-4',7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIGENIN-4'-APIOSYL-(1,2)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIN	3	Rhizome	7900.0	36490.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIN	3	Root	120.0	300000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIQUIRITIN-APIOSIDE	0	Root	120.0	9000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPIWIGHTEONE	0	Shoot	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	3690.0	5070.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	13.0	26.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-HEXACOSANE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN	0	Leaf	not available	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLYCYROL	0	Root	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
Antimalarial	4	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic	5	New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitochondrial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *