Description: Phenolic Constituents of Licorice (Glycyrrhiza Species).- 1. Introduction.- 2. Triterpenoid Saponins.- 2.1. Glycyrrhizic Acid.- 2.2. Structures of Minor Sapogenins.- 2.3. Structures of Minor Saponins.- 3. Phenolic Compounds.- 3.1. Flavonoids and Coumarins from Underground Parts.- 3.2. Phenolic Compounds from Aerial Parts.- 3.3. Phenolic Compounds from Whole Plants.- 3.4. Phenolic Compounds from Cell Cultures.- 4. Recent Methods of Structure Determination of Prenylated Phenols.- 4.1. Variations in the Chemical Shift of the Methylene Carbon of a Prenyl Group.- 4.2. Variations in the Chemical Shift of the 5-Hydroxyl Proton of 6- or 8-Prenylated Flavonoids.- 4.3. Variations in the Chemical Shift of the 5-Hydroxyl Proton of Pyranoflavonoids.- 4.4. CD Spectra of Licorice Isoflavans.- 5. Biological Activities of Phenolic Constituents of Glycyrrhiza Species.- Acknowledgments.- References.- Author Index.
