Plant Details

Accepted name:: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alcaçuz, raiz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
chinese licorice	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese liquorice	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
crude glycyrrhiza extract	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
crude licorice extract	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
extractum glycyrrhizae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
extractum glycyrrhizae liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gamcho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gan cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gancao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
gancao jingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gancao liujingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
glycyrrhiza	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
glycyrrhiza extract	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
glycyrrhiza korshinskyi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
glycyrrhizae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma praeparata cum melle	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
glycyrrhizae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
gulegafis	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
gāncăo	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
għerq ta' għud is-sus	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
jeshtimadhu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kan-ts'ao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kanzo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kanzoh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
korenina golostebelnega sladkega korena	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
korzeń lukrecji	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
lakricu saknes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
lakridsrod, uskrællet	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
lakrisrot, uskrelt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
lakritsi, juuri	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
lakritsrot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
licorice	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
licorice extract	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
licorice fluidextract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
licorice root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
liquiritiae radix	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
liquirizia, radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
liquorice	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
liquorice extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
liquorice liquid extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
liquorice root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
liquorice root for use in thm	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
lékořicový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
magusjuurejuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
manchurian liquorice	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
matk	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
mulathi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
north-eastern chinese licorice	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
oriental licorice	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
powdered glycyrrhiza	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
prepared liauorice root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
radix et rhizoma glycyrrhizae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix et rhizoma glycyrrhizae praeparata cum melle	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix glycyrrhizae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix glycyrrhizae uralensis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
regaliz, raíz de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
réglisse (racine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
rădăcină de lemn dulce	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
saihokukanzoh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
scherin-buya	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
shing mngar	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shing ngar	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shirin buya	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
shirinmiya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
sladkovkový koreň	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
solodka ural'skaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
süßholzwurzel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
tohoku kanzo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tongpei licorice	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tung-pei-kan-tsao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ural kyzyl myyasy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
ural licorice	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ural liquorice	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
uraru-kanzo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wu la gan cao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhigancao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zoethoutwortel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
édesgyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
γλυκύρριζα	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
сладник	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
шерин-буя	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
شیرین بویه	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
مَتک	Other	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
ཤིང་མངར།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
カンゾウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
カンゾウエキス	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
カンゾウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
甘草	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root, stolon		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010)
root and rhizome	dried root or root with rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rhizome, root, stolon		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots and rhizomes		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome, root	liquid extract prepared from dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root, stolon	dried, unpeeled or peeled whole or cut root and stolons	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	fluidextract	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
root, stolon	dried unpeeled or peeled, whole or cut root and stolons	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
root, stolon	root and stolon, peeled or unpeeled	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root, stolon	root and stolon, with (unpeeled) or without (peeled) the periderm	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root, stolon	Dried, unpeeled or peeled, whole or cut root and stolons	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root, stolon	roots, rhizomes, and stolons	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
underground parts		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Grig. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 29: 94 (1930).
Glycyrrhiza asperrima var. uralensis (Fisch. ex DC.) Regel & Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(I): 566 (1866).
Glycyrrhiza eglandulosa X.Y.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13: 29 (1993).
Glycyrrhiza glabra var. tuberculata Regel & Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(I): 565 (1866).
Glycyrrhiza glandulifera var. grandiflora (Tausch) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 566 (1842).
Glycyrrhiza gobica Grankina Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 147 (2001).
Glycyrrhiza grandiflora Tausch Flora 14: 209 (1831).
Glycyrrhiza krasnoborovii Grankina Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 42: 181 (2011).
Glycyrrhiza orientalis Grankina & Letjaeva Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 42: 183 (2011).
Glycyrrhiza sergievskiana Grankina & Aralbaev Izv. Natsional. Akad. Nauk Respubl. Kazakhstan, Ser. Biol. Med. 3: 29 (2006).
Glycyrrhiza shiheziensis X.Y.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(1): 29 (1989).
Glycyrrhiza soongorica Grankina Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 148 (2001).
Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. elongata Malzeva Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Bot. Acad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 10: 55 (1977).
Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. intermedia Malzeva Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Bot. Acad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 10: 56 (1977).
Glycyrrhiza uralensis var. orientalis Yakovl. Rast. Tsentral. Azii 8a: 51 (1988), no Latin descr.
Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. rariflora Malzeva Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Bot. Acad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 10: 55 (1977).
Glycyrrhiza viscida Grankina Solodka: 27 (2007).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Glychyrrhiza uraliensis L.	Useful plants of Wakhan and Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Grig.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Glycyrrhiza korshinskyii Grig.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis DC.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Glycyrrhiza spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu, 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fish. ex DC.	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisher	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis ﬁsch. ex DC.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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