Definitions
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- Pertaining to or derived from licorice.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
glycyrrhizic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nutmeg contains myristicin, which in high doses can induce convulsions, palpitations and generalized body pain; licorice has glycyrrhizic acid, which if consumed in large amounts can give rise to dangerously high blood pressure; soy-based products such as tofu contain high levels of plant-based estrogens that could affect hormonal balance.
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The root of the licorice plant is extracted with ammonia to produce an ammonium salt of the sweet-tasting glycyrrhizic acid.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The woody roots of this shrub are remarkable for containing a steroid-like chemical, glycyrrhizic acid, that is 50–150 times sweeter than table sugar.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The woody roots of this shrub are remarkable for containing a steroid-like chemical, glycyrrhizic acid, that is 50–150 times sweeter than table sugar.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Glycyrrhizin or glycyrrhizic acid, a compound found in licorice root, is 50–100 times sweeter than sucrose, and is the reason that licorice was first made into a sweet by extracting the root in hot water, then boiling down the extract.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Glycyrrhizin or glycyrrhizic acid, a compound found in licorice root, is 50–100 times sweeter than sucrose, and is the reason that licorice was first made into a sweet by extracting the root in hot water, then boiling down the extract.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The root of the licorice plant is extracted with ammonia to produce an ammonium salt of the sweet-tasting glycyrrhizic acid.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Thanks to its hormone-like chemical structure, glycyrrhizic acid has a number of effects on the human body, some helpful and some not.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Thanks to its hormone-like chemical structure, glycyrrhizic acid has a number of effects on the human body, some helpful and some not.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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They then inhibited 11-beta-HSD2 with the natural liquorice component glycyrrhizic acid, and by silencing the gene for 11-beta-HSD2.
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hernesheir commented on the word glycyrrhizic
This word contains 4 different letters that occur twice - y, c, r, i.
December 14, 2011