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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Licochalcone A: a review of its pharmacology activities and molecular mechanisms.

Meihua Liu, Yang Du, Dejiang Gao

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Meihua Liu *Research Center of Emotional Diseases, Shenyang Anning Hospital, Shenyang, China.
Yang Du *The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dejiang GaoResearch Center of Emotional Diseases, Shenyang Anning Hospital, Shenyang, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Licorice, derived from the root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, is a key Traditional Chinese Medicine known for its detoxifying, spleen-nourishing, and qi-replenishing properties. Licochalcone A (Lico A), a significant component of licorice, has garnered interest due to its molecular versatility and receptor-binding affinity. This review explores the specific roles of Lico A in various diseases, providing new insights into its characteristics and guiding the rational use of licorice. Comprehensive literature searches using terms such as "licorice application" and "pharmacological activity of Lico A" were conducted across databases including CNKI, PubMed, and Google Scholar to gather relevant studies on Lico A's pharmacological activities and mechanisms. Lico A, a representative chalcone in licorice, targets specific mechanisms in anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities. It also plays a role in post-transcriptional regulation. This review delineates the similarities and differences in the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of Lico A, concluding that its effects on non-coding RNA through post-transcriptional mechanisms deserve further exploration.

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anti-canceranti-inflammatoryLicochalcone Alicoricetargets

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PMID39188947
PMCPMC11345200

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