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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 6 Fruit 24.0 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Essential Oil *
CATECHIN 43 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CELLULOSE 1 Stem CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE 20 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.1 0.7 -1.07 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.7 -0.41 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CITRAL 53 Essential Oil *
CITRAL 53 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COBALT 2 Flower 0.5 2.4 -0.42 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 2.4 -0.24 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COHUMULONE 2 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COHUMULONE 2 Inflorescence *
COHUMULONE 2 Plant *
COHUMULONE 2 Strobilus *
COLUPDOX 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
COLUPOX 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 18 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *