Binding of the hop (Humulus lupulus L.)
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Yan Pang; Dejan Nikolic; Dongwei Zhu; Lucas R. Chadwick; Guido F. Pauli; Norman
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Used in the brewing of beer, hops (__Humulus lupulus__ L.) contain the prenylated chalcone xanthohumol, which is under investigation as a cancer chemoprevention agent and as a precursor for the estrogenic flavanones isoxanthohumol and 8‐prenylnaringenin. The uptake, transport and accumu