Product Introduction
| Item | Specification |
| Product Name | Licorice Extract |
| Synonyms | Glycyrrhiza Extract; Licorice Root Extract; Glycyrrhizic Acid Powder |
| CAS Number | 68916-91-6 |
| Latin Name | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. |
| Active Marker | Glycyrrhizic Acid, Glycyrrhizin, Flavonoids |
| Appearance | Brownish yellow to light brown fine powder, characteristic sweet herbal odor, uniform texture, no caking, no visible impurities or discoloration |
| Purity (HPLC) | Glycyrrhizic Acid 10% / 20% / 98% (Standard Grade / High-Purity Grade, customizable) |
| Loss on Drying | ≤ 5.0% |
| Residue on Ignition | ≤ 3.0% |
| Testing Method | HPLC / UV Spectrophotometry / Heavy Metal Test / Microbiological Limit Test |
| Production Method | Dried Licorice Root Screening → Ethanol-Water Circulating Extraction → Macroporous Resin Purification → Decolorization → Low-Temperature Vacuum Concentration → Spray Drying |
| Solubility | Soluble in hot water, ethanol and methanol; partially soluble in cold water; stable in neutral and weakly acidic environments; insoluble in petroleum ether and aliphatic solvents |
| Core Feature | Standardized licorice root extract with fixed glycyrrhizic acid content, natural anti-inflammatory and skin-brightening activity, sweet flavor characteristic, stable batch efficacy and wide formula compatibility |
| Package | 10g/50g amber sealed bottle, 1kg/25kg vacuum aluminum foil drum; moisture-proof & light-proof sealed packaging, customized specifications supported |
| Storage | Store in vacuum-sealed, dry, cool and dark conditions; avoid high temperature, direct sunlight and humid air to prevent active ingredient degradation and powder agglomeration |
| Shelf Life | 24 months under standard sealed dry and dark storage |
Product Description
Licorice Extract is a high-quality standardized botanical extract refined from the dried root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, a traditional perennial medicinal and edible plant widely distributed in Asia. The core bioactive ingredients are Glycyrrhizic Acid and natural licorice flavonoids, which endow the extract with unique anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, skin brightening and immune-regulating properties. We supply three mainstream commercial specifications: 10% standard grade, 20% medium-purity grade and 98% high-purity grade Glycyrrhizic Acid, produced through standardized raw material selection, low-temperature circulating extraction and multi-stage resin purification technology.
Different from unprocessed crude licorice root powder and unstandardized extracts with unstable active content, our Licorice Extract undergoes professional impurity removal and concentration treatment. The production process thoroughly eliminates redundant plant starch, cellulose, pigment impurities and residual solvents, ensuring fixed glycyrrhizic acid content, stable batch activity and reliable efficacy consistency. All production links comply with GMP dust-free purification standards, with strict heavy metal and microbial limit detection, fully meeting global cosmetic, functional food and dietary supplement raw material application standards.
As a classic natural plant functional ingredient, standardized Licorice Extract delivers multiple physiological benefits. In skincare applications, it effectively inhibits melanin activity, fades skin dullness and pigmentation, and achieves natural skin brightening effects. Its excellent anti-inflammatory and soothing properties can relieve skin redness, sensitivity and external irritation damage, repair damaged skin barrier, and improve overall skin texture. The powerful antioxidant activity scavenges excess free radicals, delays skin aging and resists environmental oxidative stress.
In health and food fields, Licorice Extract acts as a natural antioxidant and flavor modifier. It features a mild sweet taste, effectively harmonizing and improving the flavor of compound functional foods while exerting immune regulation and anti-inflammatory effects. It helps relieve chronic low-grade inflammation in the body, regulate immune cell activity, and enhance systemic immune defense capability. In pharmacological research, it is widely used in anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and respiratory protection mechanism studies, providing stable and accurate experimental samples for scientific research institutions.
Our Licorice Extract finished product is uniform brownish yellow fine powder with delicate texture, no agglomeration and pure natural sweet herbal fragrance. Every batch of products passes full-index quality inspection including HPLC glycyrrhizic acid content calibration, microbial safety detection and heavy metal residue screening. Strict quality control ensures zero abnormal impurities and stable physical and chemical properties. With excellent water solubility and formula compatibility, it can be perfectly applied in skincare products, capsules, tablets, oral liquids and solid functional drinks.
Functions & Benefits
Natural Anti-Inflammatory & Skin Soothing
Glycyrrhizic acid efficiently inhibits inflammatory factor secretion, relieves skin redness, swelling and sensitivity caused by external stimulation, soothes damaged skin, and alleviates chronic mild inflammatory discomfort of the body.
Skin Brightening & Pigmentation Inhibition
Suppresses melanin synthesis and deposition, fades facial dullness, freckles and pigmentation marks, evens skin tone, and achieves safe and natural skin brightening effect without irritation.
Powerful Antioxidant & Anti-Aging
Scavenges intracellular reactive oxygen free radicals, inhibits lipid peroxidation, reduces cellular oxidative damage, delays skin and body tissue aging, and improves sub-health state caused by oxidative stress.
Immune Regulation & Body Conditioning
Modulates immune cell proliferation and cytokine balance, enhances body innate immune defense, improves physical resistance, and assists in regulating internal metabolic balance.
Natural Flavor Modification & Mild Taste
Possesses unique natural sweet taste, effectively neutralizes bitter and peculiar tastes in compound formulas, optimizes product flavor, and improves the taste experience of functional foods and oral supplements.
Stable Standardized Active Ingredients
Strictly standardized by HPLC with fixed 10%/20%/98% glycyrrhizic acid content, solving the problem of unstable efficacy of crude licorice powder, ensuring consistent batch-to-batch effect and reliable formula application.
High Safety & Wide Compatibility
Derived from edible licorice root, processed by physical purification technology without chemical addition, mild and non-irritating, high biological safety, compatible with cosmetics, food and health product formulas.
Applications
Brightening & Soothing Skincare Products
Core functional raw material for skin brightening essence, whitening lotion, soothing repair cream and anti-sensitive skincare products, widely used in pigmentation improvement and skin barrier repair formulas.
Immune & Anti-Inflammatory Health Supplements
Key functional ingredient for immune regulation capsules, anti-inflammatory conditioning tablets and daily antioxidant health products, supporting long-term body sub-health conditioning.
Functional Food & Beverage Additives
Used as natural sweetener, antioxidant and flavor modifier in functional drinks, solid beverages and nutritional granules to enhance product health value and taste.
Pharmacological & Biomedical Research
Standard experimental raw material for anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immune regulation and skin pharmacology research, providing stable active samples for university laboratories and R&D institutions.
Compound Herbal Formulation Development
Compatible with various plant extracts to develop compound soothing, antioxidant and immune-conditioning herbal formulas, improving comprehensive product efficacy.
Biological Teaching Experimental Reagent
Used as standardized natural plant extract reagent for phytochemistry and pharmacological teaching experiments, ensuring stable and accurate experimental results.
FAQ
Q1: What is Licorice Extract used for?
A: Licorice Extract is a classic natural plant ingredient rich in glycyrrhizic acid, mainly used for skin brightening and soothing, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant care, immune health conditioning, and widely applied in cosmetic manufacturing, functional food production and pharmacological research.
Q2: What is the advantage of standardized licorice extract over raw licorice powder?
A: Raw licorice powder contains a large amount of starch, fiber and miscellaneous impurities with unstable active content; our standardized Licorice Extract concentrates core glycyrrhizic acid ingredients with fixed content, higher purity, better solubility and controllable efficacy for commercial production and scientific research.
Q3: What are your product advantages?
A: Our Licorice Extract adopts multi-stage resin purification and low-temperature spray drying technology, with multiple customizable glycyrrhizic acid specifications, low impurity residues, stable batch activity and excellent formula compatibility, fully compliant with international safety standards for cosmetics and food raw materials.
Q4: How to store Licorice Extract correctly?
A: The active glycyrrhizic acid and flavonoid ingredients are sensitive to high temperature, strong light and humid environments. The product needs to be vacuum-sealed and stored in cool, dry and dark conditions to avoid active ingredient degradation and powder agglomeration, ensuring 24-month valid shelf life.
Q5: What does high-quality Licorice Extract look like?
A: Qualified Licorice Extract is uniform brownish yellow fine powder with inherent sweet herbal scent, loose texture, no caking, no abnormal discoloration and no visible foreign impurities.
Q6: Can I get free test samples?
A: Yes, we provide free Licorice Extract samples with different glycyrrhizic acid specifications for formula trial, efficacy testing and academic research. Bulk orders support customized specifications and professional packaging services.
