Liquorice has a long history of use in traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic and herbal medicine. The liquorice plant contains numerous bioactive compounds, including triterpenes, flavonoids secondary metabolites, with glycyrrhizin being the main active compound. constituents have been found to anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, anticancer, hepatoprotective neuroprotective properties. In addit...

dione); 1 1flOH-P (1 1/?-hydroxyprogesterone; 1 1 /?-hydroxypregn-4ene-3,20-dione); 1 I-0x0-P (1 1-oxoprogesterone; pregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 21-d-F (2 I-deoxycortisol; 11/?,17a-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20dione); 2 1 -d-E (2 1-deoxycortisone; 17a-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 1 1-deoxycortisol (Reichstein’s substance S ; cortexolone; 1 7 ~ 2 l-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione); DHS (dihydro...

Licorice, the root of Glycrrhiza spp. (Fabaceae), has been used for thousands of years in China. In traditional Chinese medicine, licorice is one of the most frequently used drugs1. Glycyrrhizin (GL), an important triterpenoid saponin2, is the main active pharmacological ingredient of licorice. GL has anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerous, anti-viral, and anti-allergic efficacy, and is also commonly...