About Hop Cones for a Golden Brew

Authors

  • Michal Jurášek Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-9716
  • Adolf Rybka Department of Agricultural Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3146-4276
  • Lubomír Opletal Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-3729
  • Pavel Drašar Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7007

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54779/chl20220668

Keywords:

hops, beer, biological activity, folk medicine

Abstract

As a component of drinks, food, cosmetics, and spice, hops yields a plethora of biologically active compounds. This plant, which was valued by gods and kings through the history, may serve as a basis for pharmaceutical exploitation: not only as a healthy folk medicine but also in a search for the effective sedative, estrogenic, antimicro­bial, antidiabetic, and cancerostatic compounds.

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Published

2022-11-15

How to Cite

Jurášek, M., Rybka, A., Opletal, L., & Drašar, P. (2022). About Hop Cones for a Golden Brew. Chemické Listy, 116(11), 668–671. https://doi.org/10.54779/chl20220668

Issue

Vol. 116 No. 11 (2022)

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