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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 1512-1514
© 2000 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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Pastis and hypertension—what is the molecular basis?

Felix J. Frey and Paolo Ferrari

Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Glycyrrhiza glabra

The therapeutic properties of Glycyrrhiza glabra were already known by Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans in antiquity [1]. They used extracts from this plant for a diversity of ailments and as a sweetener. In the modern society it is found in drinks such as Belgian beers, Ouzo, Pernod or Pastis brands. Many chewing gums contain glycyrrhetinic acid. The rationale for adding glycyrrhetinic acid, the active ingredient of liquorice, to chewing gums is the observation that, contrary to glucose, liquorice does not promote bacterial growth and adherence of cariogenic bacteria [2]. In addition liquorice is often added to confectionery. The discovery of the value of liquorice — previously marketed as carbenoxolone, an oleandane derivative of glycyrrhetinic acid — in the treatment of peptic ulcer allowed researchers to establish its adverse effect on salt and water metabolism.

Clinical features and erroneous interpretation

Patients with excessive ingestion of liquorice present with hypokalaemic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mechanism of renal sodium retention and potassium loss induced by liquorice

11ß-HSD isoenzymes

Health hazards of liquorice

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