Resveratrol: A molecule whose time has come? And gone?

• Published in: Clinical biochemistry Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 91 - 113
• Main Authors: Soleas, George J., Diamandis, Eleftherios P., Goldberg, David M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.1997
• Subjects: Acyltransferases - chemistry; Acyltransferases - genetics; Acyltransferases - physiology; apolipoproteins; chalcone synthase; cholesterol esters; Chromatography - methods; eicosanoid metabolism; Fruit - chemistry; Fruit - drug effects; Fungi - drug effects; fungicide; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; genetic engineering; high performance liquid chromatography; Humans; leukotriene; Lipid Metabolism; Male; Mitosporic Fungi - drug effects; phytoalexins; platelet aggregation; Platelet Aggregation - drug effects; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - chemistry; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - pharmacology; polydatin; polyketide biosynthesis; polyphenols; Resveratrol; resveratrol synthase; stilbenes; Stilbenes - chemistry; Stilbenes - isolation & purification; Stilbenes - metabolism; Stilbenes - pharmacology; Stilbenes - therapeutic use; thromboxane; triglycerides; viniferins; Wine - analysis; thromboxane; stilbenes; polyphenols; apolipoproteins; chalcone synthase; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; leukotriene; viniferins; resveratrol synthase; polyketide biosynthesis; triglycerides; polydatin; genetic engineering; platelet aggregation; cholesterol esters; high performance liquid chromatography; fungicide; phytoalexins; eicosanoid metabolism

Objectives: Resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene) is the parent compound of a family of molecules, including glucosides and polymers, existing in cis and trans configurations in a narrow range of spermatophytes of which vines, peanuts and pines are the prime representatives. Its synthesis from p-c...