Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

2022 ◽  
pp. 475-488
Author(s):  
Jean M. Bokelmann
Keyword(s):  
Planta Medica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
LL Gauthier ◽  
C Simmler ◽  
DS Nikolic ◽  
R Van Breemen ◽  
SN Chen ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faranak Manteghi ◽  
Navid Shahmiri ◽  
Beheshteh Sohrabi ◽  
Sina Golafshan

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Rajendra Gyawali ◽  
Rupesh Kumar Gupta ◽  
Sahana Shrestha ◽  
Rajendra Joshi ◽  
Prem Narayan Paudel

Alcoholic extracts of medicinal plants Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Glycyrrhiza glabra L, and Azadirachta indica A. Juss were subjected to the evaluation of antioxidant properties and combined for the cream formulation. The antioxidant property was determined by using the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and inhibition of lipid peroxidase assays. The cream formulation was designed using Minitab software and a central composite design was used to study the effect of dependent variables, steric acid and cetyl alcohol on the response variables such as, viscosity, pH, and spreadability. The phytochemical screening of extracts showed the presence of tannin, phenol, flavonoids, saponins, and alkaloids. Antioxidant properties of the extracts and their relative composition were found variable. Composition F3 (C. zeylanicum Blume: G. glabra L: A. indica A. Juss; 01: 02: 01) possessed the highest antioxidant capacity compared to other ratios. The cream prepared from this composition was found stable for pH, viscosity as well as antioxidant activity under normal condition (25) and accelerated condition (40 ). The cream with DPPH scavenging activity of 93.86 % at 15 µg/mL (IC50 8.58±0.30) and lipid peroxidase assay 90.93 % at 200 µg/mL (IC50 72.30±0.60) with pH 5.50 was found with a non-Newtonian positive thixotropic flow property. Parameters like pH, viscosity, and spreadability of the cream were within the acceptance range, and found stable and permeable


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiyatullah Shah ◽  
Muzafar Ahmad Rather ◽  
Aabid Manzoor Shah ◽  
Saleem Mushtaq ◽  
Aehtesham Hussain ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Kamboj ◽  
Ajit Kumar Thakur

Background: Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. (Family: Fabaceae) has been known to very useful medicinal plant in the Traditional Medicinal Systems from the centuries. With ethnopharmacological values, it is well-reported plant for their traditional uses for anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anxiolytic, expectorant activities, and antidepressant activities. Objective: Although it is described for memory enhancing activity, the present study was focused to examine the comparative effect of Glycyrrhiza glabra extracts viz. flavonoid rich (GGFE) and glycyrrhizin rich (GGGE) in stress triggered rats and to provide future research insight for this herbal drug, for which no scientific justification has been reported till now. Methods: Male Wister rats divided into 7 different groups (n= 6 per group) were given chronic foot-shock stress for 21 successive days with scheduled administration of the extracts (50 and 100 mg/kg) and standard drug (10 mg/kg) for 28 days. Elevated Plus Maze, Rectangular Maze, Morris Water Maze, and Locomotor activity were performed to test behavioral alteration and learning ability of stressed rats. Further, rats were sacrificed to assay acetylcholinesterase activity and antioxidant activity in brain samples for the mechanistic role in learning and memory. Results: Extracts of Glycyrrhiza glabra were indicated a significant alteration in stress induced learning and memory deficiency in behavioral parameters studied. These extracts were also modulated significant changes in acetylcholinesterase and antioxidant enzyme activity to improve the learning and memory of stressed rats. Conclusions: It is concluded that both extracts of Glycyrrhiza glabra (GGFE and GGGE) possess memory enhancing property in stress triggered rats. Moreover, these comparative results provided information and confirmed the high potential of GGGE in comparison to GGFE might be due to rich glycyrrhizin content present in GGGE responsible for acetylcholinesterase and antioxidant enzyme modulatory activity. Therefore, GGGE could be used as a promising lead for further mechanistic and molecular study for defining the role of glycyrrhizin of Glycyrrhiza glabra.


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