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Plant Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Hops
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit not available 4760.0 0.47 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PIPERIDINE 10 Flower not available 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINE 10 Inflorescence not available 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
POSTHUMULONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POSTHUMULONE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 4371.0 23500.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit not available 23500.0 0.49 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PREHUMULONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PREHUMULONE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRELUPULONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRELUPULONE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS 27 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Flower 21390.0 115000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 115000.0 240000.0 1.75 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 12 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 11 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 23 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 17 Duke, 1992 *