Sg. Yunusova et al., CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS AND BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY - LIPIDS OF GLYCYRRHIZA-GLABRA ROOTS, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(2), 1995, pp. 359-362
A petroleum ether extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. roots was investiga
ted. The extract contains 70 % neutral lipids and 30 % polar lipids. H
ydrocarbons, sterols esters, triacylglycerols, free fatty acids, free
sterols, and diacylglycerols were identified. The fatty acid contents
of all of the acyl-containing lipids were determined. Fourteen fatty a
cids were identified; the 18 : 2 fatty acid prevails among the unsatur
ated acids, and the 16 : 0 acid prevails among the saturated acids.