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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
1,2-EPI-THIOHUMULENE 0 Essential Oil *
12AROMADENDRINE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit 20.0 *
2',6'-DIMETHOXY-4,4'-DIHYDROXY-CHALCONE 0 Fruit 75.0 *
2,2-DIMETHYL-5-OXO-2,5-DIHYDRO-FURAN 0 Flower *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Essential Oil *
2,3,4-TRITHIAPENTANE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
2,3,5-TRITHIAHEXANE 0 Essential Oil *
2-DECANONE 0 Plant *
2-DODECANONE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-5-PENTENYLFURAN 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-5-THIA-HEX-2-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Fruit 1500.0 *
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Inflorescence *
2-METHYL-BUT-B-EN-2-OL 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-BUTYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Essential Oil List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
2-METHYL-PROPANIC-ACID 0 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiEBV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 17 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 3 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antienzymatic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antierythemic 2 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiexudative 1 *
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 18 *