Stilbenes are a small family of polyphenolic secondary metabolites that can be found in
several distantly related plant species. These compounds act as phytoalexins, playing a …

Plant natural products (PNPs) are the main sources of drugs, food additives, and new
biofuels and have become a hotspot in synthetic biology. In the past two decades, the …

Covering: 1976 to 2020. Although constituting a limited chemical family, phytostilbenes
represent an emblematic group of molecules among natural compounds. Ever since their …

Plant cell suspension culture (PCSC) has emerged as a viable technology to produce plant
specialized metabolites (PSM). While Taxol® and ginsenoside are two examples of …

Most drugs or the natural substances reputed to display some biological activity are
hydrophobic molecules that demonstrate low bioavailability regardless of their mode of …

Resveratrol and the biosynthetically related stilbenes are plant secondary metabolites with
diverse pharmacological effects. The versatile functions of these compounds in plant …

Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies on biological activities of phytostilbenes have brought
to the fore the remarkable properties of these compounds and their derivatives, making them …

Stilbenes are phytoalexins, and their biosynthesis can occur through a natural route
(shikimate precursor) or an alternative route (in microorganism cultures). The latter is a …

Pinostilbene is a monomethyl ether analog of the well-known nutraceutical resveratrol. Both
compounds have health-promoting properties, but the latter undergoes rapid metabolization …

As of recent, the appearance rate of several degenerative diseases and cancer influenced
by oxidative stress continues to increase dramatically. Many compounds with high potential …