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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 8 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 2 Martindale's 29th
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.