Humulone, a bone resorption inhibitor isolated from hop extract, induced apoptosis in the premyocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 between 1 and 100 micrograms/ml. Our data suggested that there was a correlation between the apoptosis-inducing activity of humulone and its antioxidative activity.
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Tobe et al. (1997) studied this question.