“…Radix Glycyrrhizae has been used to manage various symptoms in different organ systems worldwide, including sore throat and infectious diseases (Fiore et al, 2008;Shi et al, 2012). Extracts of Radix Glycyrrhizae and its active constituents have been reported to have anti-cancer activity (Seon et al, 2012), organ-protective effect (Kim et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2011), protection from heavy metal injury (Kim et al, 2008), anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activity (Chin et al, 2007;Wu et al, 2011). In vitro antiviral activities of Radix Glycyrrhizae have been reported against human immunodeficiency virus (Sasaki et al, 2002), Japanese encephalitis virus (Badam, 1997), EV71 (Kuo et al, 2009), Rotavirus (Kwon et al, 2010), SARS-associated coronavirus (Cinatl et al, 2003), Epstein-Barr virus (Lin, 2003), and Flaviviruses (Crance et al, 2003).…”