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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
BETA-SELINENE-EPOXIDE-I 0 Fruit not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLATED-HYDROXY-TOLUENE 0 Strobilus not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLISOBUTYRATE 0 Essential Oil 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.
CADALENE 0 Fruit not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 2.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 1157.0 6220.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit not available 6222.0 0.55 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANNABIDIOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 143220.0 770000.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 770000.0 -0.07 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARYOLAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3(12)-6-DIEN-4-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3(8)-13-DIEN-5-ALPHA-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3(8)-13-DIEN-5-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-4(12)-8(13)-DIEN-5-BETA-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available 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
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 68 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Pheromonal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pheromone 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pigment 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 2 Duke, 1992 *