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Resveratrol in Dermal Health

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Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Dermatology

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Resveratrol (3,4′,5-trihydroxystilbene) is a polyphenolic phytoalexin present in the skins of a variety of foods and vegetable including grapes, berries, and peanuts. The richest source of resveratrol is the roots of Polygonum cuspidatum (Ko-jo-kon) mainly cultivated in China and Japan. The skins of grapes contain about 50–100 mg of resveratrol, and believed to be responsible for the cardioprotective properties of red wine, which contains 0.2–7 mg/l of wine. In addition to grape, a large variety of fruits including mulberry, bilberry, lingo berry, sparkleberry, deer berry, partridge berry, cranberry, blueberry, and jackfruit, peanut, and a wide variety of flowers and leaves including gnetum, white hellebore, corn lily, butterfly orchid tree, eucalyptus, spruce, Poaceae, Scots pine, and rheum also contain resveratrol. Resveratrol is synthesized in response to environmental stressors that include water deprivation, UV radiation, and especially, fungal infection. Thus, the production of resveratrol in plants can be considered part of the defense mechanism.

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Das, D.K., Vasanthi, H. (2013). Resveratrol in Dermal Health. In: Watson, R., Zibadi, S. (eds) Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Dermatology. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-167-7_18

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