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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Sci. 2017 Jul 31;109:182–190. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2017.07.034

Table 2.

Concentrations (% w/w) of the 14 licorice constituents in each tested licorice extract.

Licorice compound G. glabra G. uralensis G. inflata

% Weight compound / weight extract

Liquiritin 0.31 3.83 1.33
Isoliquiritin 0.07 0.33 0.18
Liquiritin apioside 9.10 1.09 7.70
Isoliquiritin apioside 2.52 0.13 1.99
Licuraside 1.25 0.05 0.17
Liquiritigenin 0.07 0.23 0.26
Isoliquiritigenin 0.05 0.07 0.15
Glycyrrhizin 0.55 4.20 1.42
Glabridin 0.46 0 0
Glycyrrhetinic acid 0.03 0.01 0.20
Licoricidin 0 0.08 0
HBMAa 3.45 1.88 5.06
Glycycoumarin 0 0.13 0.005
Licochalcone A 0 0 5.24
a

HBMA = p-hydroxy-benzylmalonic acid