Licorice may prove an unlikely ally in the fight against sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). In the lab at least, an extract of the plant's root blocks the SARS virus from growing inside cells, new research reveals from Frankfurt University Medical School, Germany.
Conclusion : High doses of the Licorice extract, called glycyrrhizin, practically wipe out the SARS virus in infected monkey cells, find virologist Jindrich Cinatl of and his colleagues. The drug is more potent than ribavirin, the most commonly used treatment for SARS.
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Licorice speeds birthing
Eating liquorice is likely to speed up delivery of children. A study published recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology notes that foods flavoured with liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra, promote some of the hormonal changes associated with giving birth.
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The oral administration of the powdered root of G.glabra in 5 cases of pemphigus, who had been kept free from the bullae with prednisolone, could considerably reduce the dose of prednisolone without the reappearance of the lesions. The potentiating effect of G.glabra appeared to be due to its inhibitory effect on the metabolic degradation of prednisolone.
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Long-term usage of glycyrrhizin prevents development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C. The mechanism by which glycyrrhizin improves liver biochemistry and histology are undefined.
Ref : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9570253&dopt=Abstract
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