Humulus Lupulus:Hops Applications more than Herb Beers.

Contents

• Brief Description and Basic Data.
• Botanical Description of Hops.
• Name Identification and Archeology of Hops.
• Medicinal Action and Uses of Hops.
• Identification of a potent phytoestrogen in hops (Humulus lupulus L.) and beer.
• Hops and Recipes for Herb Beers.
• Actions,Indications,Pharmacology of Hops.
• Combination,Caution,and Comments of Hops.
• Phytochemical Constituents of Hops.
• Hops and Its finding tips.
• How Search engine think about Hops.
• Research Update:Hops and its findings.

Brief Description and Basic Data.:

Latin Name:Flos Lupuli
 Botanical: Humulus Lupulus (LINN.)
 Family(Order):Cannabaceae
 Humulus lupulus L.
 Common Names:Hop Bine,common hop,hop,Houblon, Lupulin,Lupuli strobilus, Humulus, Lupulus;English=Hops,German = Hopfen, French = Houblon, Spanish = Hombrecillo, Italian = Luppolo,

 Parts used: The dried strobiles from the female plant.

 Collection:The strobiles are collected before they are fully ripe in August and September and dried carefully in the shade They should not be stored for longer than a year because the lupulin is prone to oxidation.Harvest the ripe cones in late summer or early fall. When ripe, the cones are bronze-colored and slightly open.

 Havesting and Storage:Hops stored at room temperature lose their effectiveness and produce a bad-smelling chemical, valeric acid. Commercial hops are stored in the cold (a refrigerator is fine), protected from oxygen, and you should do the same if you are storing hops for months. To minimize exposure to oxygen, put fresh but well-dried hops in a plastic bag. Before sealing the bag, expel as much air as possible, but don't crush the hops in the process.When harvesting the cones for craft use, pick them while they are still light green, before they ripen. Ripe cones shatter and can't be preserved.
 

 Constituents:Up to 1% volatile oil (humulene, myrcene, caryophylline, farnescene); 15-25% resinous bitter principles and phloroglucinol derivatives known as alpha acids (humulone, cohumulone, adhumulone, valerianic acid) and beta acids (lupulone, colupulone, adlupulone); condensed tannins and phenolic acids, flavonoid glycosides (astralagin, quercitin, rutin), fats, amino acids, unidentified oestrogenic substances, choline, asparagin. The oil and bitter resins together are known as lupulin.

 Hops and Lupulin Exrtact Humulus lupulus L 0.30% HPLC grains tannins; flavonoids including kaempferol and quercetin mono- and diglycosides; xanthohumol and other chalcones

Reference:

• 1.Humulus Lupulus:Hops Applications more than Herb Beers.

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♣ last edit date:12th,Oct.2010.