“…The female inflorescences of H. lupulus harvested in XinJiang (China) contain at least 33 flavonoids, as determined by analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. These 33 flavonoids were identified as xanthohumol, isoxanthohumol, homoisoxanthohumol, 5-methoxy-isoxanthohumol J, 1″,2″-dihydroxanthohumol C, 1-[2-(β- d -glucopyranosyloxy)-4,6-dihydroxyphenyl]-2-methyl-1-butanone, kaempferol 3-O-α- l -rhamnopyranoside, 2′,4′,6′,4-tetrahydroxy-3′- C -prenylchalcone, 6″,6″-dimethylpyrano (2″,3″: 3′,4′)-2′,4-dihydroxy-6′-methoxychalcone, 1-[2-(β- d -glucopyranosyloxy)-4,6-dihydroxyphenyl]-2-methyl-1-butanone, and so on . Seven flavonoids, including xanthohumol, isoxanthohumol, xanthohumol B, xanthohumol C, flavokawain C, 6-prenylnaringenin and 4′- O -methylxanthohumol, isolated from a methanol extract of Humulus, exhibited effective inhibitory effects on the monophenolase (IC 50 = 15.4–77.4 μM) and diphenolase (IC 50 = 31.1–157.4 μM) activities of mushroom tyrosinase, which can produce excessive amounts of melanin, causing hyperpigmentation of the skin and contributing to the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson’s disease, particularly in males …”