Bioactive compounds with anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities of hop extracts

Chun-Nan Wu, Li-Chin Sun, Yung-Lin Chu, Roch-Chui Yu, Chang-Wei Hsieh, Hsien-Yi Hsu, Fu-Chiun Hsu*, Kuan-Chen Cheng*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to simultaneously evaluate anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities of the hop extracts by different solvents. Hop water extract (HWE) and hop ethanol extracts (HEEs) were prepared by extracting hop pellets with hot water at 90 °C and ethanol solutions (55%, 75%, and 95%), respectively. Bioactive compound such as α-acid, β-acid, total phenolic, and total flavonoid contents were determined. All the HEEs showed higher anti-oxidative activities than the HWEs. The HEEs showing the highest anti-oxidative activities are different in the experiments with different free radicals. For anti-inflammatory activities, both the HWE and HEEs decreased NO productions. HWE decreased TNF-α and IL-6 secretion but showed no effect on IL-1β, while HEEs decreased IL-1β and IL-6 secretion but increased TNF-α secretion. Except for TNF-α secretion, the HEEs showed higher anti-inflammatory activities than the HWE. Future work is to explore the possible mechanism to improve the ethanol extraction procedure.
Original languageEnglish
Article number127244
Number of pages8
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume330
Online published3 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2020

Research Keywords

  • Hop
  • Humulus lupulus
  • Anti-oxidation
  • Anti-inflammation
  • Proinflammatory cytokine

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