Pharmacological profile of xanthohumol, a prenylated flavonoid from hops (Humulus lupulus)

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 754-779

  Liu, Ming ^a   Hansen, Poul Erik ^b   Wang, Genzhu ^a   Qiu, Lin ^c   Dong, Jianjun ^d   Yin, Hua ^d   Qian, Zhonghua ^d   Yang, Mei ^d   Miao, Jinlai ^d,e  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d State Key Laboratory of Biological Fermentation Engineering of Beer   (China)

^e FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Beer; Biological effects; Food additives; Metabolites; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; FOOD ADDITIVE; PROPIOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOHUMOL;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMULUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HUMULUS; PROPIOPHENONES; RATS;

EID: 84921661516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20010754     Document Type: Review

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