Licorice Root Extract

Licorice Root Extract:

Product name: Licorice extract 
Latin name: Glycyrrhiza glabra  
CAS No. :68916-91-6  
Part Used:Root 
Appearance: Brown Yellow fine powder  
Extraction type: Solvent extraction

Active ingredient:glabridin 40%, 90% by HPLC

                     glycyrrhizic acid/glycyrrhizin                                       acid/glycyrrhizinate/glycyrrhizin 20%-98% by                          HPLC

                     glycyrrhizic acid ammonium salt 98% by HPLC    
 

What is Licorice Root Extract?

Licorice extract is the active principle of liquorice root. It is a powerful sweetener.3050 times

as potent as sucrose (table sugar).

Chemically, licorice extract is a triterpenoid saponin glycoside being either the Ca2+ or K+ salt of glycyrrhizic (or glycyrrhizinic) acid. Upon hydrolysis, the licorice root extract loses its sweet taste and is converted to the aglycone glycyrrhetinic acid plus two molecules of glucuronic acid. The acid form is not particularly water soluble, but its ammonium salt is soluble in water at pH greater than 4.5.

Main Function of Licorice Root Extract:

1.Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and promoting the immune system;
2.Clearing heat and detoxicating, expectorant and trating cough and epigastric abdominal;
3.Treating AIDS; 
4.Benefiting stomach, treating weakness of stomach, lassitude, shortness of breath.

Application of Licorice Root Extract:

1.Used in food industry as  a sweetener.
2.Used in medicine field as raw materials of drugs for clearing heat and detoxicating.
3.benefiting stomach, it is widely used in health industry.
4.Applied in cosmetic field, it is able to nourish and cure the skin.