Licorice is obtained from the roots of several species Glycyrrhiza (Fabaceae), a genus containing about 20 species. The Chinese Pharmacopeia specifies three (G. glabra, G. uralensis, inflata). In an effort to unambiguously differentiate five inflata, echinata, and lepidota), LC-QToF method integrated with chemometric tools has been applied, based on chemical profiling two major classes saponins...