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lupulone Chem.|ˈl(j)uːp(j)ʊləʊn|
Also -on |-ɒn|.
[ad. G. lupulon (W. Wöllmer 1916, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. XLIX. 781), f. mod.L. lupulus, used either as the specific epithet of the hop, Humulus lupulus, or † as a name for the genus Humulus (cf. L. lupus hop): see -one.]
A bitter, crystalline, cyclic ketone, C26H38O4, that is an important constituent of hops and has strong antibiotic activity.
1919Chem. Abstr. XIII. 495 The so-called α- and β-bitter acids..are more appropriately termed ‘humulone’ and ‘lupulone’. 1937, etc. [see humulone]. 1967Chem. Rev. LXVII. 26/1 While lupulone crystallizes from the soft resin of continental European hops, British and American hops yield cohumulone. |