DESCRIPTION

Hops Oil occurs as a light yellow to green-yellow liquid with a characteristic, aromatic odor. Age darkens the color, and the oil tends to become viscous. It is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation of the freshly dried membranous cones of the female plants of Humulus lupulus L. or Humulus americanus Nutt. (Fam. Moraceae). It is soluble in most fixed oils and, sometimes with opalescence, in mineral oil. It is practically insoluble in glycerin and in propylene glycol.