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liquorice

vr.tr.liquorice · thing-q257106

Let an agent describe the liquorice plant, its uses and safety, from botanical and food safety sources, without medical advice.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Plant Which species.

Species

Name.

Species

Name and authority.

  1. Which species? provenance
  2. Per which taxonomy? provenance

Origin

Source region.

Origin

Region.

  1. Where grown or harvested? provenance
  2. Wild or cultivated? boundary
Composition Compounds.

Glycyrrhizin

Content.

Glycyrrhizin

Value.

  1. How much glycyrrhizin? measurement
  2. Per which analysis? provenance

Other compounds

Flavonoids.

Compound

Name.

  1. Which other compounds? provenance
  2. Per which study? provenance
Uses Products.

Food

Flavouring.

Food use

Product.

  1. Which products? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance

Traditional medicine

Use.

Traditional use

Description.

  1. Which traditional uses? provenance
  2. With what evidence? provenance
Safety Limits.

Limits

Intake.

Limit

Value and body.

  1. What intake limit? measurement
  2. Per which authority? provenance

Labelling

Warnings.

Warning

Rule.

  1. Which warnings are required? provenance
  2. Under which law? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.LIV
Other names and narrower kinds
Wybert

What it is Filled

A perennial legume, Glycyrrhiza glabra, native to western Asia and southern Europe, whose sweet root is used for flavouring confectionery, tobacco and drinks and in traditional medicine; the root contains glycyrrhizin, which in excess can raise blood pressure and lower potassium.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe the liquorice plant, its uses and safety, from botanical and food safety sources, without medical advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Glycyrrhizin is about 30 to 50 times sweeter than sucrose.
  • Excess intake causes pseudohyperaldosteronism; the EU Scientific Committee on Food suggested 100 mg glycyrrhizic acid per day as an upper limit, and effects have occurred below it.
  • Anise and fennel taste similar but come from different plants.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • give medical dosing advice

Only with a human decision

  • health questions to clinicians

May

  • describe the plant and safety guidance

Moral aspects Filled

  • wild harvesting sustainability

Who is affected

  • consumers
  • harvesters

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; a species

Master systems

  • NCBI Taxonomy
  • GBIF

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11992872 - registry parent class
  • Q207123 - registry parent class

related

  • legume - plant
  • Fabaceae - family
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis - related species
  • liquorice root and confectionery - derived products

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.liquorice
  • Wikidata: Q257106 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257106)
  • NCBI Taxonomy: 49827 Glycyrrhiza glabra

Direct properties required Filled

  • glycyrrhizic acid in dried root: about 4 to 10 % by dry mass - Ph. Eur. minimum 4.0%; varies by source and method

Recognition required Filled

  • Pinnate leaves and spikes of pea-like purple flowers; fibrous yellow root inside
  • A perennial herb or subshrub about 1 m tall, with pinnate leaves, pale blue to violet flowers, reddish-brown pods and underground roots and rhizomes.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe the plant
  • explain uses of the root
  • explain glycyrrhizin safety limits
  • distinguish the plant from liquorice confectionery

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • High blood pressure and low potassium from excessive intake
  • Drug interactions

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III (warnings for foods and drinks containing liquorice)
  • European Pharmacopoeia monograph Liquiritiae radix (dried roots and stolons)

Context of use required Filled

  • Flavouring and traditional medicine.
  • wild and cultivated populations
  • varieties of Glycyrrhiza glabra

Sources Filled

  1. Q257106 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Liquorice - general description of the subject
  3. Glycyrrhiza glabra L. - general information - Accepted species, family, distribution, habit, morphology, rhizomes, uses, sweetness and harvesting concerns.
  4. Taxonomy browser: Glycyrrhiza glabra - NCBI Taxonomy ID 49827 and species identity.
  5. Draft assessment report on Glycyrrhiza species, radix - Revision 1 - Root and stolon material, pharmacopoeial scope, composition, interactions and adverse effects below 100 mg/day.
  6. Health assessment of liquorice - Glycyrrhizin-related hypertension, potassium loss and the authority's intake guidance.
  7. Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 - Annex III liquorice labelling requirements and their product-specific thresholds.
  8. Compendium of botanicals reported to contain toxic, addictive, psychotropic or other substances of concern - The reported 2-9% glycyrrhizin content in liquorice root.

Open questions

  • The registry merges a confectionery brand (Wybert); it needs a separate entry.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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