Liquorice liquorice, sweet root, and glycyrrhiza extract. G. glabra grows in subtropical climates in Europe, the Middle East, and Western Asia. When administered orally, the product of glycyrrhetic acid is found in human urine whereas GZA is not. This shows that glycyrrhetic acid is absorbed and metabolized in the intestines in humans. GZA is hydrolyzed to glycyrrhetic acid in the intestines by bacteria. For thousands of years G. glabra has been used for medicinal purposes including indigestion and stomach inflammation. Some other medicinal purposes are cough suppression, ulcer treatment, and use as a laxative. Also, salts of GZA can be used
Ulmus 'Fastigiata Glabra' the Wentworth Elm); the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden "per se" does not list the plant. A largish-leaved glabrous elm on The Mound, Edinburgh (2016) matches the 1958 RBGE herbarium leaf-specimen of "U. montana fastigiata glabra" (see External links below) and may be an example of the cultivar. None known. Ulmus 'Fastigiata Glabra' The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Fastigiata Glabra' was distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s as "U. montana fastigiata glabra". Späth used "U. montana" both for wych elm and for "U." × "hollandica" hybrids like 'Dampieri', so the name