Liquorice, a unique "guide drug" of traditional Chinese medicine: A review of its role in drug interactions

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 781-790

  Wang, Xiaoying ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Chen, Lili ^a   Shan, Lihua ^a   Fan, Guanwei ^a   Gao, Xiumei ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Detoxification; Drug interactions; Liquorice; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE DERIVATIVE; BETA AMYRIN; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; BRUCINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME P450; DIOSGENIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HERNIARIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOLIQUIRITIN; LICOCHALCONE A; LICOCHALCONE E; LIQUIRITIGENIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RADIX ACONITI LATERALIS PRAEPARATA EXTRACT; RADIX PLATYCODONIS EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STIGMASTEROL; STRYCHNINE; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENOID; UMBELLIFERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COUGHING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HEART DISEASE; HERB; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PROTECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TOXICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS;

CYP; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450; DETOXIFICATION; DGLL; DIAMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZINATE LIPID LIGAND; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GA; GLYCYRRHETIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIN; GZ; HALF MAXIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; HSYA; HYDROXYSAFFLOR YELLOW A; IC(50); LIQUORICE; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; P-GP; TCM; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84889089102     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.055     Document Type: Review

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