Health Benefits and Molecular Mechanisms of Resveratrol: A Narrative Review

• Published in: Foods Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 340
• Main Authors: Meng, Xiao, Zhou, Jing, Zhao, Cai-Ning, Gan, Ren-You, Li, Hua-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.03.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; anti-obesity; anticancer; Anticancer properties; antidiabetes; antineoplastic activity; Antioxidants; Antitumor activity; Autophagy; Bioactive compounds; bioactivities; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Clinical trials; Cytokines; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; dietary supplements; drugs; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Food science; Free radicals; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Gene expression; glucose; Hazardous materials; Immunomodulation; Inflammation; Kinases; Lipids; liver; Liver cancer; Liver diseases; molecular mechanisms; Molecular modelling; Mortality; Movement disorders; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroprotection; obesity; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease; Proteins; Resveratrol; Review; Studies; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Viruses; molecular mechanisms; resveratrol; anticancer; antidiabetes; anti-obesity; bioactivities

Resveratrol is a bioactive compound in many foods. Since its anticancer activity was reported in 1997, its health benefits have been intensively investigated. Resveratrol has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, glucose and lipid regulatory, neuroprotective, and cardiovascular protectiv...