title: [Pharmaceutical botanical studies on some Glycyrrhiza species].
abstract: Some Glycyrrhiza species grown in several domestic research gardens of medicinal plants were collected by the Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences and were cultivated to compare their morphological properties. HPLC profile analysis was performed and index compounds of MeOH extracts of aerial parts and EtOAc extracts of subterranean parts were determined. Glycyrrhizin contents and growth rates of the underground parts of some types of Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Glycyrrhiza glabra were compared and four excellent types were selected as candidates for cultivation. One of them was due to Kanzo-Yashiki (Enzan, Yamanashi prefecture), where G. uralensis was cultivated in the Edo period. Alkaloidal constituents of G. uralensis and G. glabra were also investigated and anabasine (an insecticide) and a new tricyclic alkaloid were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a 4-20-1, Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Japan.
authors.forename: Genjiro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibano
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid