Licorice root extract proven to decrease liver enzymes
Saturday, October 18, 2012Summary
It is known that analysis of a small sample of blood can be used to determine the amount of enzyme production in a liver. The enzymes for liver function are transaminase enzymes, which are used in the production of various amino acids.
The researchers has been found that Licorice root can be used to treat several diseases including liver problems. It can help livers that are distressed, damaged, or diseased. They say that the main source of Licorice root is glycyrrhizin. It is 30–50 times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar). Pure glycyrrhizin is odorless. Although sweet, the taste sensation of glycyrrhizin is different from that of sugar. The sweetness of glycyrrhizin has a slower onset than sugar has, and lingers in the mouth for some time. Unlike the artificial sweetener aspartame, glycyrrhizin maintains its sweetness under heating.
Relevance
We can relate this to our previous subject about matter and energy where we learned about many things including enzymes which was a specialized protein that catalyzes the chemical reactions of a cell. We had a lab with liver extract and liver chunks.
Sunday, June 17, 2012 by: PF Louis
http://www.naturalnews.com/036201_licorice_root_liver_enzymes.html#ixzz29s7s18DM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycyrrhizin
How is the glycyrrhizin used to help livers that are damaged and diseased?
ReplyDeleteAre there any other ways to get glycyrrhizin into your body without eating licorice root?
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