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]]>Synonym :- Jethi madh, Mulethi, Glycrrhiza
Biological Source :- Liquorice consists of peeled and unpeeled roots,stolons,stem of Glycyrrhiza glabra linn.
Family :- Leguminosae
Colour :- Unpeeled liquorice externally yellowish brown or dark brown & internally yellowish colour.
Odour :- Faint & Characteristics
Taste :- Sweet
Size :- length :- 10 to 50 cm Diameter :- 2 cm
Shape :- Unpeeled drug straight and nearly cylindrical
Important Point: Liquorice are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponin.
1. Which is following is not a use of Liquorice ?
A. Flavouring agent
B. Peptic Ulcer
C. Expectorant
D. Anti Parkinson’s
2. Which Chemical Constitution is responsible for yellow colour of Liquorice ?
A. Liquiritin
B. Iso Liquiritin
C. A and B
D. None of the above
3. Which sentence is false about Liquorice ?
A. It is belong to family leguminosae.
B. It is used in peptic Ulcer.
C. Russian Liquorice is purplish in appearance.
D. Liquorice is bitter in taste.
4. Liquorice is belong to class of saponin is
A. Tetracyclic triterpenoid saponin
B. Hexacyclic triterpenoid saponin
C. Dicyclic saponin
D. Pentacyclic triterpenoid saponin
5. Which of the following compound is 50 time more sweeter than sucrose ?
A. Saccharine
B. Liquiritin
C. Glycyrrhizine
D. Asparagin
6. Which Liquorice species has a bears violet flower ?
A. G. glabra var.gladulifera
B. G. glabra var.violaceae
C.G. glabra var. typica
D. G. glabra var.spanish
7. Liquorice is belong to family
A. Araliaceae
B. Solanaceae
C. Liliaceae
D. Leguminosae
Answer Key
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. D
Reference :-
16 edition of trease and evans Pharmacognosy ( pg.no.313 and 314)
Therapeutic benefits of liquorice in dentistry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947617305107
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