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Pharmacologically active compounds in hops
Pýchová, Kateřina ; Cvrčková, Fatima (advisor) ; Mašková, Petra (referee)
The hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is used not only in brewing but also in phytopharmacology and phytotherapy. Among the isolated or chemically produced substances used for healing are xanthohumol, 8-prenylnaringenine and α and β-bitter acids. Nowadays, a lot of attention is paid to their effect on humans - especially to their anticancer activity. But there is a lack of information about the importance of these substances for the hop plant itself. Most of the plant secondary metabolites originally serve for protection of the plant against pathogens and herbivores. The selected metabolites are not an exception. The purpose of this work was to summarize the published data about the biological importance of selected hop secondary metabolites and the effects they have on other organisms than plants, with an emphasis on humans.
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Screening biologicky aktivních látek v pivu
Hložek, Marek
The thesis focuses on beer components with health benefits and methods of determination of these substances. The theoretical part is divided into 5 chapters in which the brewing process is described including the necessary raw materials, the issue of biologically active substances and the methods of their determination are here also outlined. In the last part there are also briefly mentioned volatile substances found in beer. The aim of the experimental part was to determine organic acids, phenolic compounds and 5-MTA in the chosen samples of Czech and German lagers. For the analysis, 5 samples from each country were used. To the analysis was also used beer brewed in the premises of Mendel University in Brno. In this beer were determined the changes in the content of selected substances in 6 stages of the brewing process and in the final product. Beer is a complex matrix, requiring a solid phase extraction (SPE) treatment prior to HPLC analysis.
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Pharmacologically active compounds in hops
Pýchová, Kateřina ; Cvrčková, Fatima (advisor) ; Mašková, Petra (referee)
The hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is used not only in brewing but also in phytopharmacology and phytotherapy. Among the isolated or chemically produced substances used for healing are xanthohumol, 8-prenylnaringenine and α and β-bitter acids. Nowadays, a lot of attention is paid to their effect on humans - especially to their anticancer activity. But there is a lack of information about the importance of these substances for the hop plant itself. Most of the plant secondary metabolites originally serve for protection of the plant against pathogens and herbivores. The selected metabolites are not an exception. The purpose of this work was to summarize the published data about the biological importance of selected hop secondary metabolites and the effects they have on other organisms than plants, with an emphasis on humans.
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