Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice): Ethnobotany and Health Benefits. Ethnobotany and Health Benefits.

Sustained Energy for Enhanced Human Functions and Activity

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 231-250

  Xiaoying, Wang ^a   Han, Zhang ^a   Yu, Wang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Airway protection; Ethnobotany; Glycyrrhizin; Hepatoprotective effect; Immunity regulation; Licorice

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH;

ETHNOBOTANY; GLYCYRRHIZIN; HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS; IMMUNITY REGULATION; LICORICE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 85050587244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805413-0.00014-4     Document Type: Chapter

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