Abstract
Licorice (liquorice) consists of the dried roots and stolons of plants in the genus Glycyrrhiza and is one of the oldest herbs, having been known for 3000 years (Stuart 1979; Trease and Evans 1983). Of the 30 species in this genus, a few plants are of economical interest, for example, Glycyrrhiza glabra L., G. glabra L. var. glandulifera Reg. et Herd., G. uralensis Fisch et D.C., and G. echinata L. (Henry et al. 1991). These plants are native to temperate regions and are distributed from Spain, central and eastern Europe, Russia, and the near East, to eastern China.
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Saito, K. (1995). Genetic Transformation in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. et D.C. (Licorice). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57840-3_19
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