Open AccessAn Update on Secondary Metabolites from Glycyrrhiza Species
Author(s) -
Azizuddin Shaikh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of basic and applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1927-5129
DOI - 10.6000/1927-5129.2017.13.71
Subject(s) - glycyrrhiza , chalcone , fabaceae , glycoside , glycyrrhiza uralensis , flavonoid , saponin , coumarin , chemistry , botany , traditional medicine , stereochemistry , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , antioxidant , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Secondary metabolites have been obtained from the Glycyrrhiza species (Fabaceae) including G. glabra, G. echinata, G. uralensis, G. triphylla and G. macedonica. These compounds 1-25 belong to the classes, steroid, saponin, flavonoid, flavonoid glycoside, triterpenic acid, coumarin, phenolic derivative, chalcone and chalcone glycoside. This review will describe the isolated compounds 1-25, obtained from Glycyrrhiza species with their biological activities up to 1966.