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Licorice

CAS 8057-63-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Licorice in plain language

What it is

Also known as Glycyrrhiza · Glycyrrhiza extract · Aspalon · Licorice extract · Licorice root extract · Gan cao

Show all 13 names

Glycyrrhiza glabra root or glycyrrhiza uralensis root · Glycyrrhizae radix · Licorice root · Unspecified licorice · Liquorice · Liquorice root · Sweet herb

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Licorice yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Licorice appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 14 active drug products and 14 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 14 active drug products and 14 total products.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Licorice yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2027-12-31

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Licorice in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

14

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Licorice; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Licorice in the catalog.