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Plant Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Hops
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETONE 3 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACYLPHLOROGLUCIDES 0 Fruit not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ADHULUPONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ADHUMULONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ADHUMULONE 2 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADHUMULONE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADHUMULONE 2 Strobilus not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADLUPULONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADLUPULONE 2 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADLUPULONE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADLUPULONE 2 Strobilus not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Fruit not available 77.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-CYMENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOAROMADENDRENE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Fruit not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Fruit not available 15.0 -0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *