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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Hops
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-METHYLBUTYLISOBUTYRATE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4,5-EPITHIOCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil *
4,5-EPITHIOCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
4-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
4-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)3,6-DIHYDRO-1,2-DITHIINE 0 Fruit *
4-DEOXYCOHUMULONE 0 Plant *
4-DEOXYHUMULONE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-DEOXYHUMULONE 0 Inflorescence *
4-DEOXYHUMULONE 0 Plant *
5-(4-METHYL-5-PENT-3-ENYL)1,2,3-TRITHIACYCLOHEPT-5-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
5-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)-1,2,3-TRITHIACYCLOHEPT-5-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
5-ALPHA-ERGOSTAN-3-ONE 0 Stem *
5-ALPHA-STIGMAST22-EN-3-ONE 0 Stem *
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTAN-3-ONE 0 Stem *
6-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)-1,2,3,4-TETRATHIACYCLOOCT-6-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
6-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)1,2,3,4-TETRATHIACYCLOCT-6-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
6-ISO-PENTENYL-NARINGENIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 2375.0 *
8,9-EPI-THIOHUMULENE 0 Essential Oil *
ACETONE 3 Flower *
ACETONE 3 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineoplastic 2 *
Antinephritic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 7 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 6 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antionychyotic 2 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th