Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Rosids
Order:Fabales
Family:Fabaceae
Sub Family:Faboideae
Tribe:Galegeae
Genus:Glycyrrhiza
Species: G. glabra
Chemical Composition:
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Triterpenes of the oleanane type, mainly glycyrrhizin (=glycyrrhizic or glycyrrhizinic acid), and its agylcone glycyrrhetinic acid (=glycyrrhitic acid), liquiritic acid, glycyrrhetol, glabrolide, isoglabrolide, licoric acid, & phytosterols.
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Flavonoids and isoflavonoids; liquiritigenin, liquiritin, rhamnoliquiritin, neoliquiritin, licoflavonol, licoisoflavones A and B, licoisoflavanone, formononetin, glabrol, glabrone, glyzarin, kumatakenin and others.
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Coumarins; liqcoumarin, umbelliferone, herniarin glycyrin.
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Chalcones; liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, neosoliquiritin, rhamnoisoliquiritin, licuraside, licochalcones A and B, echinatin and others.
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Polysaccharides, mainly glucans
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Volatile oil, containing fenchone, linalool, furfuryl alcohol, benzaldehyde.
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Miscellaneous; starch, sugars, amino acid etc
Good for the following sicknesses:
- chronic viral hepatitis
- A Strong anti-viral affect
- Tuberculosis
- hyperkalemia
- ulcers
- ileitis
- leaky gut syndrome
- irritable bowel syndrome
- Crohn’s disease
- aliments of the stomach
- lupus
- scleroderma
- rheumatoid arthritis
- animal dander allergies
- Lung inflimation
There has not been sufficient study by the FDA of Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) to say that it is good for the use of all the conditions mentioned above. Please read my legal disclamer.