
Glycyrrhetinic Acid
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Glycyrrhetinic Acid is a pentacyclic triterpenoid, the main metabolite of glycyrrhizin, obtained from the root of the licorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, botanical family Leguminosae. The name describes the structure of the molecule "Glycyrrhetinic" comes from "Glycyrrhiza" which is the generic name for licorice and signals that the acid is a...