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Hop Compounds: Extraction Techniques, Chemical Analyses, Antioxidative, Antimicrobial, and Anticarcinogenic Effects nutrients Review Hop Compounds: Extraction Techniques, Chemical Analyses, Antioxidative, Antimicrobial, and Anticarcinogenic Effects Maša Knez Hrnˇciˇc 1,†, Eva Španinger 2,†, Iztok Jože Košir 3, Željko Knez 1 and Urban Bren 2,* 1 Laboratory of Separation Processes and Product Design, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia; [email protected] (M.K.H.); [email protected] (Ž.K.) 2 Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Thermodynamics, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia; [email protected] 3 Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Cesta Žalskega Tabora 2, SI-3310 Žalec, Slovenia; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +386-2-2294-421 † These authors contributed equally to this work. Received: 7 December 2018; Accepted: 18 January 2019; Published: 24 January 2019 Abstract: Hop plants comprise a variety of natural compounds greatly differing in their structure and properties. A wide range of methods have been developed for their isolation and chemical analysis, as well as for determining their antioxidative, antimicrobial, and antigenotoxic potentials. This contribution provides an overview of extraction and fractionation techniques of the most important hop compounds known for their health-promoting features. Although hops remain the principal ingredient for providing the taste, stability, and antimicrobial protection of beer, they have found applications in the pharmaceutical and other food industries as well. This review focuses on numerous health-promoting effects of hops raging from antioxidative, sedative, and anti-inflammatory potentials, over anticarcinogenic features to estrogenic activity. Therefore, hops should be exploited for the prevention and even healing of several prevalent diseases like cardiovascular disorders and various cancer types. New ideas for future studies on hops are finally presented: computational investigations of chemical reactivities of hop compounds, nanoencapsulation, and synergistic effects leading to a higher bioavailability of biologically active substances as well as the application of waste hop biomass from breweries for the production of high-added-value products in accordance with the biorefinery concept. Keywords: hops; extraction; antioxidative effects; antimicrobial effects; anticarcinogenic effects 1. Introduction Over the last decades, the scientific world has turned its focus on exploring the biological effects of plants used in folk/traditional medicine. Such interest seems justified as almost all described effects of healing plants were also demonstrated through several in vitro and even in vivo studies. Therefore, it is reasonable to continue exploring in this field as gained knowledge represents the basis for development of new food supplements for disease prevention or even for the design of novel drugs, especially for the most prevalent threatening diseases of our time such as cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and even cancer [1–4] Increased demand for material goods is related to an increased occurrence of certain diseases that can be mostly ascribed to inappropriate dietary habits and to a stressful rapid way of life [5,6] The food industry is in its prime time; however, along with obvious advantages this also brings Nutrients 2019, 11, 257; doi:10.3390/nu11020257 www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Nutrients 2018, 10, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 40 Nutrients 2019, 11, 257 2 of 37 numerous harmful consequences. Plain, organically grown food is becoming a privilege of the wealthy. 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NumerousNumerous publications publications on on isolation isolation of of active active compounds compounds have have appeared appeared over over the the past past two two decadesdecades regarding regarding a widea wide range range of of natural natural flavor flavor formulations formulations that that are are readily readily available available including including essentialessential oils, oils, herb herb and and spice spice extracts, extracts, flavor flavor substances substances fractionated fractionated from from essential essential oils, oils, or or botanical botanical extractsextracts and and natural natural flavor flavor substances substances produced produced by by fermentation fermentation [9]. [9]. The The composition composition of of these these formulationsformulations depends depends on on the the nature nature of of the the solvent solvent and and on on the the applied applied extraction/isolation extraction/isolation method. 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