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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
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 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.
GERANYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-PROPIONATE 2 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.
GERMACRATRIENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-B 0 Fruit not available 105.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Fruit not available 15.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL 0 Fruit not available 27.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 15000.0 20000.0 -0.68 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HEDERAGENIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELUPONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HEPTYLISOBUTYRATE 1 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.
HEPTYLPROPIONATE 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.
HEXYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYLPROPIONATE 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.
HISTIDINE 7 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.
HULUPINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HULUPONE 0 Fruit 21000.0 39000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *