Liquorice or loss, and hypertension. The United States Food and Drug Administration believes that foods containing liquorice and its derivatives (including glycyrrhizin) are safe if not consumed excessively. Other jurisdictions have suggested no more than 100 mg to 200 mg of glycyrrhizin per day, the equivalent of about of liquorice. Liquorice should not be used during pregnancy. Liiquorice is an extract from the "Glycyrrhiza glabra" plant which contains glycyrrhizic acid, or GZA. GZA is made of one molecule of glycyrrhetinic acid and two molecules of glucuronic acid. The extracts from the root of the plant can also be referred to as
Chelone glabra glabra" is a popular browse plant for deer. It is also a foodplant for the sawflies "Macrophya nigra" and "Tenthredo grandis" (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), and a flea beetle in the genus Dibolia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) has also been shown to feed on it. It has been used as a method of birth control by Abenaki people. 11. Allan D. Nelson; Wayne J. Elisens (1999). "Polyploid evolution and biogeography in Chelone (Scrophulariaceae): morphological and isozyme evidence". "American Journal of Botany". Botanical Society of America. 86(10): 1487–1501. doi:10.2307/2656929. JSTOR 2656929. PMID 10523288. Chelone glabra Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) is an herbaceous species of plant