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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE 0 Fruit *
SELINA-3,7-DIENE 0 Fruit 195.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SELINA-4(14),7(11)-DIENE 0 Fruit *
SERINE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SILICON 4 Flower 0.8 4.5 -0.56 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 4.5 -0.59 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SODIUM 1 Flower 9.0 47.0 -0.59 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 47.0 -0.18 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SPATHULENOL 0 Fruit 10.0 -1.00 *
SQUALENE 10 Plant *
STACHYOSE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Stem *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS 0 Flower 22320.0 120000.0 0.82 *
T-CADINOL 0 Fruit 9.0 *
TANNINS 0 Fruit 20000.0 40000.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TETRADEC-9-EN-2-ON 0 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 3.4 -0.25 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Flower 0.6 3.4 0.44 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihangover 5 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihelicobacter 2 *
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 5 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatometabolic 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 13 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.