glycyrrhizic, a. Chem.
(glɪsɪˈraɪzɪk)
[f. glycyrrhizin + -ic.]
glycyrrhizic acid: a glycoside obtained from liquorice root.
| 1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXVI. 1040 Glycyrrhizic acid prepared by the action of sulphuretted hydrogen on the lead salt, resembles dried albumin in appearance. 1907 Ibid. XCII. i. 545 Glycyrrhizin consists of the potassium and calcium salts of glycyrrhizic acid and was isolated from liquorice. 1969 J. H. Thompson in J. A. Bevan Essent. Pharmacol. xxix. 303 Carbenoxolene sodium..is a pentacyclic triterpene prepared from glycyrrhizic acid and licorice glycoside. |