ea0021p341 | Steroids | SFEBES2009
Al-Dujaili Emad A S
, Macdonald Claire
, Kenyon Chris
Liquorice root has been used medicinally for many years to treat dry cough, asthma, hunger, thirst, sterility of women, fever, digestive problems and pathologies of organs such as lungs, stomach, intestines and kidney. Glycyrrhetinic acid (one of the active constituents in liquorice) has diverse in vitro effects as an inhibitor of 11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11HSD), 5α reductase and hormone receptor binding. The aim of this study is to investigate the ef...