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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-O-METHYLGLYCYROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-ACETYL-LIQUIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-C-PRENYL-ERIODICTYOL 0 Root not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
APIOISOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLIQUIRITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABOGLYCYRRHIZIN 1 Root not available 600.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.3 -0.19 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASPARANIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available 16.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 6850.0 23500.0 1.76 Duke, 1992 *
CLYCOSIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 13.0 14.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ECHINATIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECHINATIN 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECHINATIN 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root not available 50.0 -0.65 Isaev, V. 1932. Essential Oils of the Flora of Tadshikistan. Acta Hortii Bot Tadshikistan 1932: 17-.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparasitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *