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lupulin
lu·pu·lin L0294200 (lo͞op′yə-lən)n. A yellowish-brown substance obtained from glands at the base of the strobili of the hop plant, containing essential oils and formerly used in medicine as a sedative.
[New Latin lupulus, specific epithet of the hop plant (from diminutive of Latin lupus, wild hop plant, from lupus, wolf (the hop plant perhaps being so called because of its biting bitterness or the resemblance of its bracts to teeth) ; see lupine2) + -in.]lupulin (ˈluːpjʊlɪn) n (Pharmacology) a resinous powder extracted from the female flowers of the hop plant and used as a sedative[C19: from New Latin lupulus, diminutive of lupus the hop plant]Lupulin
Lupulin the commercial name for the glandules on the glumes of the fruit system (cones) and perianth of female hop blossoms (Humulus lupulus); also, the secretion from these glandules. Solidified lupulin is a brownish yellow, sticky, coarse-grained powder containing essential oil, bitters, the alkaloid humulene, humulotannic acid, valerianic acid, gum, resin, wax, and a yellow pigment. Lupulin is used in brewing to give beer a pleasant, slightly bitter flavor, but it can also be toxic. A dose of 1-2 g may be mildly poisonous. lupulin
lu·pu·lin (lū'pū-lin), A sticky, yellowish, granular material consisting of entire multicellular glandular hairs (trichomes) from the fruit and bracts of the hop vine, Humulus lupulus; the essential oils and resins of these glandular hairs are responsible for the characteristic bitter taste of beer or medicinals made from hops; has been used as an antispasmodic and sedative. Synonym(s): humulinlupulin (lo͞op′yə-lən)n. A yellowish-brown substance obtained from glands at the base of the strobili of the hop plant, containing essential oils and formerly used in medicine as a sedative.lupulin Herbal medicine
A term for the two major components of hops: a bitter resin (which contains humulone, lupulone and valeronic acid) and volatile oils (which contain beta-caryophyllene, farnescene, humulene and myrcene).ThesaurusSeeHumulin |