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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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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
1-METHOXY-FICIFOLINOL 0 Root 3.4 *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
18-ALPHA-GLYCYRRHIZIN 0 Root 200.0 *
18-ALPHA-HYDROXY-GLYCYRRHETATE 0 Rhizome *
18-BETA-GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 0 Root *
2',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-ALPHA-ALPHA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2',4',7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-3-ARYLCOUMARIN 0 Root *
2,3-DIHYDRO-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root *
2-METHYL-7-HYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22-BETA-ACETYL-GLABRIC-ACID 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
24-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
28-HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-ACETYL-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-OLEAN-11,13(18)-DIEN-30-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
3-BETA-FORMYLGLABROLIDE 0 Root *
3-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Root *
3-OXO-GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 0 Root *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 240.0 *
4'-O-(BETA-D-APIO-D-FURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-LIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Root 120000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiobesity 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiosteoporotic 5 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 14 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiPAF 1 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparasitic 1 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 2 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiPGE2 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 3 *
Antiplatelet 1 *