glycyrrhizin
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Well, there's licorice - its Greek name, glycyrrhizin, means "sweet root."
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- A peculiar saccharine matter (C24H36O9) obtained from the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra.
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CYP88D6, a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450) gene, as a glycyrrhizin-biosynthetic gene, by transcript profiling-based selection from a collection of licorice expressed sequence tags (ESTs).
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Well, there's licorice - its Greek name, glycyrrhizin, means "sweet root."
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The mice treated with glycyrrhizin, however, were more like the normal mice as they had the antimicrobial peptides and no immature myeloid cells.
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Asked about the opposition to such high-end limits, Dvorak pointed to utilities.
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Ikeda K, et al. A long-term glycyrrhizin injection therapy reduces hepatocellular carcinogenesis rate in patients with interferon-resistant active chronic hepatitis C: a cohort study of 1249 patients.
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- from Glycyrrhiza + -in.