The increased cancer risk associated with hormone therapies has encouraged many women to seek non-hormonal alternatives including botanical supplements such as hops (Humulus lupulus) and licorice (Glycyrrhiza spec.) to manage menopausal symptoms. Previous studies have shown estrogenic properties for hops, likely due to the presence of 8-prenylnarigenin, and chemopreventive effects mainly attrib...

This study attempted to investigate the physiological response of six Lactobacillus brevis strains to hop stress, with and without the addition of Mn2+ or ethanol. Based on the use of different fluorescent probes, cell viability and intracellular pH (pHi) were assessed by fluorescence microscopy combined with flow cytometry, at the single cell level. The combined approach was faster than the tr...

Humulus lupulus is commonly known as hops, a member of the family moraceae. Currently many projects are underway leading to the accumulation of voluminous genomic and expressed sequence tag sequences in public databases. The genetically characterized domains in these databases are limited due to non-availability of reliable molecular markers. The large data of EST sequences are available in hop...

New antimicrobial properties of products derived from Humulus lupulus L. such as antiadherent and antibiofilm activities were evaluated. The growth of gram-positive but not gram-negative bacteria was inhibited to different extents by these compounds. An extract of hop cones containing 51% xanthohumol was slightly less active against S. aureus strains (MIC range 31.2-125.0  μg/mL) than pure xant...

Abstract Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) are one of the vital raw materials brewing and their form storage directly influences final organoleptic sensations beers. When hops incorrectly stored, degradation important bitter compounds occurs fast. In present work, it was used ultraviolet/visible near infrared regions, maximized by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (UPLC) analyses, to identify be...

We review recent progress on the zero-range process, a model of interacting particles which hop between the sites of a lattice with rates that depend on the occupancy of the departure site. We discuss several applications which have stimulated interest in the model such as shaken granular gases and network dynamics, also we discuss how the model may be used as a coarse-grained description of dr...

The paper presents the results of research aimed at evaluating possibility using selected biomass wastes to produce solid biofuels. In this work, thermochemical properties two lignocellulosic biomasses, namely, miscantshus (Miscanthus × Giganteus) and hops (Humulus lupulus), non-lignocellulosic biomass, municipal waste, their mixtures (micanthus + waste waste) were studied torrefaction process ...

The female flowers of the Humulus lupulus plant or Hops have been used extensively within brewing industry for their aroma and bitterness properties. It was also found that beer contained hops less likely to spoil, thus revealing antimicrobial potential these plants. One species bacteria, Mycobacterium spp., is particular interest as it causative agent both human animal forms tuberculosis (TB)....

Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is used in the brewing industry as a source of compounds responsible for bitterness, aroma, and preservative properties beer. In this study, we microsatellite markers to investigate genetic diversity differentiation wild hop populations sampled northwestern part Croatia. Analysis 12 loci revealed high weak population among populations. A total 152 alleles were determine...

Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) is a key ingredient in beer, with great significance for the Brazilian industry. The economically viable production of hops Brazil depends on genetic variability available to be used selection and development high-as performance photo-neutral cultivars their interaction environment. objective this research was evaluate phenotypic alpha-effective character relation envi...