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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
1,2-EPI-THIOHUMULENE 0 Essential Oil *
12AROMADENDRINE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit 20.0 *
2',6'-DIMETHOXY-4,4'-DIHYDROXY-CHALCONE 0 Fruit 75.0 *
2,2-DIMETHYL-5-OXO-2,5-DIHYDRO-FURAN 0 Flower *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Essential Oil *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
2,3,5-TRITHIAHEXANE 0 Essential Oil *
2-DECANONE 0 Plant *
2-DODECANONE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-5-PENTENYLFURAN 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-5-THIA-HEX-2-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Fruit 1500.0 *
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Inflorescence *
2-METHYL-BUT-B-EN-2-OL 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-BUTYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
2-METHYL-PROPANIC-ACID 0 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiPGE2 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplantar 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiplaque 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 6 *
Antiplatelet 1 *
AntiPMS 6 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 7 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 *