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HUMULUS LUPULUS L. (HOPS) - A VALUABLE SOURCE OF COMPOUNDS WITH BIOACTIVE EFFECTS FOR FUTURE THERAPIES

2016; University of Defence; Volume: 85; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.31482/mmsl.2016.004

2571-113X

Jana Olšovská, Vanda Boštíková, Martin Dušek, Vladimíra Jandovská, Kateřina Bogdanová, Pavel Čermák, Pavel Boštík, Alexandr Mikyška, Milan Kolář,

Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Hops are a well-known source of resins, essential oils and polyphenolic substances, such as proanthocyanidins or prenylflavonoids with significant representatives of xanthohumol, isoxanthohumol, and 8-prenylnaringenine, and represent an essential ingredient in beer production.Recently, however, many additional bioactive effects of hop compounds have been investigated.A systematic review of the structure-function relationship between the individual hop-derived compounds and their bio-activity has been lacking.In this review we summarize some recent findings in this area from reports from our as well as other studies.It shows multiple bio-medical effects of the individual hop derived compounds, which can act individually, or in a synergistic manner.The hops can serve as a source of bio-active compounds in phyto-medicine and as such, more attention and detailed studies are warranted to utilize the broad spectrum of effects of individual compounds in future treatments.