Estrogenic activity of hop components
New scientific findings on estrogenic activity of hops are being published regularly over the last three years. This article reports on the current status of research and discusses possible consequences for beer.
This article reports on the current status of research and discusses possible consequences for beer. In 1953, hormones were isolated from hops for the first time (1) though the active component was not definitively identified until 1999 (2). This compound was 8-prenylnaringenin (Fig. 1). The compound is not exclusive to hops. In 1998, it was isolated for the first time by a Japanese group from a tree species indigenous to Thailand (3). The estrogenic effect has meantime been proven in a multiplicity of tests both "in vitro" (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and "in vivo" (5, 6, 7).g. 1). 1). E.
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