Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is an herbaceous perennial legume native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, such as India. The aim of this study is to overview its therapeutic effects than its nutritive and industrial effects. This review article was carried out by searching studies in PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and IranMedex databases up to 2016. Totally, of 68 found articles, 42 articles were included. The search terms were “Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.”, “therapeutic”, “pharmacological”, Various studies have shown that Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch possess antimutagenic effect, anticancer effect, Chemopreventive effects, and antitumoral effects. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is widely used for its curative activities causing its significant value. This plant showed that it can be a potential anti-cancer and anti-tumor plant replacing someday for chemical anti-carcinoma drug. Further studies are needed to prove and diagnose the other useful and unknown properties of this multipurpose plant.
