Význam chmelových prenylflavonoidů pro lidské zdraví

Abstrakt

In recent years, a growing interest in health-promoting effects of hop constituents has been observed. Xanthohumol is a hop prenylated chalcone, which shows a wide range of biological activities such as antioxidant, anticancerogenic, antimicrobial and estrogenic. Most inte­resting findings obtained with xanthohumol and other prenylated hop flavonoids in preclinical and clinical stu­dies are summarized. The review is primarily focused on the effects on human health. Biosynthesis of prenylated flavonoids in plants and their biotransformations in humans are also mentioned.