| In vitro |
There is a growing demand for plant based medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics etc. Glycyrrhiza glabra used as mild laxative, anti-arthritic, antiinflammatory,anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-ulcer, memory stimulant (being MAOinhibitor), anti-tussive, aphrodisiac, anti-mycotic, estrogenic, anti- oxidant, anti-caries agent, anti-neoplastic, anti-cholinergic, anti-diuretic, hypolipidemic agent. It is reported to contain important phytoconstituents such as glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhizinic acid, glabrin A&B, glycyrrhetol, Glabrolide, isoGlabrolide, isoflavones,coumarins, triterpene sterols. |
