Planta Med 2015; 81 - PX78
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556522

Phenolic compounds from Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Chinese liquorice)

Z Ali 1, IA Khan 1, 2
  • 1National Center for Natural Products Research
  • 2Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS 38677

Glycyrrhiza uralensis has been used in Chinese traditional system of medicine for many ailments. Over 20 phenolic compounds such as flavonoids, isoflavonoids, flavanoids, isoflavanoids, and coumarins conjugated with prenyl unit(s) were isolated from the methanol extract of G. uralensis and characterized by means of NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques. Herein, isolation and structure determination of purified compounds are described.