Use of a xanthohumol-rich hop product in beer production
In on-going in vitro investigations, xanthohumol prenylflavonoid exhibits a surprisingly great diversity of positive attributes. A test series was run to establish the behaviour of a xanthohumol-rich hop product in beer production (compared to a-acids) and to evaluate the resulting bitter impression.
First results about the biological effect of xanthohumol were summarised in a review article published in 1998 (1).
Brief survey on status of research into xanthohumol
Biological effects
Growth inhibition of certain tumour cells, antioxidative and other anti-carcinogenic properties (activation of the "Quinon-reductase" enzyme or inhibition of human enzymes of the "P450 CYP1A2" class) has been reported.
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