Abstract
Theophrastus has referred to the liquorice plant, mentioning that Romans cultivated it after the thirteenth century and called it as Radix dulis. Early popular books on herbal medicine provide most through accounts related to the uses of Glycyrrhiza glabra from Europe. It was cultivated in England for the first time in 1562 (Roshan et al. in Int Res J Pharm 3:45–55, 2012; Trease and Evans in Text book of pharmacognosy. Bailliere and Tindal Publication, Baltimore, 1983). Currently, the plant is cultivated in different regions of India, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Russia. The trade is still observed in Spain, Iraq, Italy, Egypt, Belgium, France, and Germany (Anilkumar et al. in Pharm Sci Monit, 3171–3195, 2012; Kokate et al. in Pharmacognosy, 2009).