Glycyrrhizic acid

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Glycyrrhizic acid is the active principle of liquorice root. Glycyrrhizic acid is a powerful sweetener,3050 times as potent as sucrose (table sugar).

Chemically, glycyrrhizic acid is a triterpenoid saponin glycoside being either the Ca2+ or K+ salt of glycyrrhizic (or glycyrrhizinic) acid. Upon hydrolysis, the glycoside loses its sweet taste and is converted to the aglycone glycyrrhetinic acid plus two molecules of glucuronic acid. The glycyrrhizic acid form is not particularly water soluble, but its ammonium salt is soluble in water at pH greater than 4.5.

Application
1. It is a high-sweet, low-calorie health sweetener with a sweetness of about 250 times that of sucrose; it can be added to food, beverage, candy industry as a sweetener, and can also be used in yellow or brown food. In the beverage, it also doubles as a natural pigment.
2.Pharmaceutical industry: used for antitussive and expectorant, gastric ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, eczema, itchy skin, hepatitis, hyperlipidemia, papillomavirus, conjunctivitis, and used to treat cancer and prevent AIDS.
3.Cosmetics and cigarette industry: can prevent dermatitis, dry skin, sun, rash, throat and so on.
4. Licorice extract can activate corticosteroids (inhibition of metabolic enzymes) and indirectly enhance the action of corticosteroids. It can be used in all cosmetics such as cream, cream, water, lotion, lotion, milk and honey. It can neutralize or release or reduce the toxic substances of cosmetics, and can also prevent allergic reactions of some cosmetics, and is more suitable for advanced hair or skin cosmetics.
5. licorice flavonoids have a mild inhibitory effect on tyrosinase, and licorice extract has been proven to be the most effective plant whitening agent.