Table 1.
Yield of licorice extract according to ethanol content in extract solvent.
Ethanol content in extract solvent
(%)
Solid yield in extract
(%)
a
Glycyrrhizin
(g/L)
Glycyrrhetic acid
(g/L)
0
23.9
5.10
0.001
20
24.5
6.51
0.006
40
23.9
6.91
0.019
50
24.2
7.42
0.046
60
23.7
6.95
0.027
70
22.6
6.48
0.024
80
17.7
4.53
0.019
95
5.9
0.37
0.000
Solid yield (%) = total weight of solid in extract (g) / weight of licorice used for extraction (g) × 100