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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.
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
TIN 4 Flower 4.0 22.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Fruit not available 22.0 -0.29 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOHUMULONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLO-DEHYDRO-HUMULONE 0 Fruit not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLODEHYDROISOHUMULONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRICYCLOISOHUMULONE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE 1 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.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 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.
TYROSINE 8 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.
UNDECAN-2-AL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 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.
VIRIDIFLORENE 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL 1 Fruit not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower not available 814000.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 60000.0 120000.0 -2.83 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHOHUMOL 4 Fruit not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOHUMOL 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 78750.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOHUMOL 4 Strobilus not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 12 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 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.