Other names: Esparga, Pí Jiǔ Huā, Chmel Otáčivý, Hmelj, Almindelig Humle, Harilik Humal, Humala, Couleuvrée Septentrionale, Houblon, Houblon Commun, Salsepareille Indigène, Bruch-Hopfen, Hopfen, Luppolo, Kara-hana-sô, Ho Peu, Apyniai, Humle, Auberon, Chmiel Zwyczajny, Engatadeira, Xмељ, Hipulo, Lupina, Lupio, Humle

Hop is native to Europe, Western Asia, and North America. The flowers of the female plant are used primarily as a bittering, flavoring, and stability agent in beer production. Hop contains sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, triterpenoids, phytoestrogens, and flavonoid xanthohumol, which has some in vitro anti-HIV activity.

Hop may be beneficial for anxiety, insomnia, restlessness, tension, excitability, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), nervousness, irritability, menopause, anemia, liver diseases, thrombosis, cancer, hepatitis C, HIV, wrinkles, skin infections, and obesity.

Compliance: food or food ingredient, cosmetics ingredient

Compliance varies from country to country. There is no harmonized botanical list of allowed botanicals in food or food supplements for all EU countries. Compliance for cosmetic ingredients is harmonized in EU.

Please check your local regulation.