Affiliation:
1. Synthetic and Natural Products Discovery Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University
Faisalabad, Faisalabad-38000, Pakistan
2. Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Faisalabad-38000, Pakistan
Abstract
Abstract:
This review is about a class of plant polyphenols known as Stilbenes. Resveratrol – the
first stilbene was extracted from White Hellebore in 1940, since then 400 plus stilbene derivatives
have been discovered. The core purpose of this paper is to summarize the history, extraction
sources, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis and applications of stilbenes. Apart from biosynthesis,
its novel derivatives are being synthesized in laboratories. This class of compounds has extensive
clinical (including antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory activities etc.) and industrial applications
such as optical dyes, laser dyes, scintillators, etc.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.