Licorice Extract

Licorice Extract Product/Licorice Root Extract/Organic Licorice Herbal Extract

Active Ingredient : Glycyrrhizinic Acid 10% & Glycyrrhizinic Acid 20%

Common Name : Liquorice

Chemical Constituents and Components : Main chemical constituents are glycrrhizin, a mixture of potassium and calcium salts of glycyrrhizinic acid, glabranin A&B, glycyrrhetol, glabrolide, isoflavones, coumarins, triterpene sterols.

Action :
Glycyrrhizinic Acid:
1. It exerts hypocholesterolemic action by stimulating the conversion of cholesterol into bile acids
2. It exhibits antimutagenic activity against ribose-lysine.
3. It possesses potent free radical scavenging activity.
4. It promotes decrease in lipid peroxidation in hepatic tissue homogenate and blood serum.
5. It stimulates the excretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex and prolongs the action of cortisone.

Curing Diseases : 1. Licorice extract is useful in cough, bronchitis, ulcer, fever, hiccough and hoarseness of voice.
2. It is used in skin diseases, eye diseases, pharyngitis, epilepsy and anaemia.
3. It is useful in haemorrhoids, haemorrhage and urticaria.
4. Decoction of root is a good wash for falling and greying of hair.
5. Licorice extract is also applied on cuts and wounds.

Research Information : Glycyrrhiza glabra extract possesse anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic effect. It inhibits PGE2, arachadonic acid release and suppresses dexamethasone-induced histamine release and mast cell degranulation. (Ref. Snow J., Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect of Glycyrrhiza glabra. Protoc.J.Bot.Med., 1996, 1,3:9-14)

Possible Combinations : Glycyrrhiza glabra ocimum sanctum (relieve cold and cough)