Title : Licorice: a sweet alternative to prevent hyperkalemia in dialysis patients?

Pub. Date : 2009 Oct

PMID : 19789539






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1 report that inhibition of the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 by glycyrrhetinic acid, the active compound of licorice, reduces serum potassium concentration and the frequency of hyperkalemia, possibly by enhancing intestinal potassium loss. Glycyrrhetinic Acid hydroxysteroid 11-beta dehydrogenase 2 Homo sapiens