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In planta production of the highly potent resveratrol analogue pterostilbene via stilbene synthase and O-methyltransferase co-expression.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Apr 2012
Rimando Agnes M, Pan Zhiqiang, Polashock James J, Dayan Franck E, Mizuno Cassia S, Snook Maurice E, Liu Chang-Jun, Baerson Scott R
Abstract excerpt
Resveratrol and related stilbenes are thought to play important roles in defence responses in several plant species and have also generated considerable interest as nutraceuticals owing to their diverse health-promoting properties. Pterostilbene, a 3,5-dimethylether derivative of resveratrol, possesses properties similar to its parent compound and, additionally, exhibits significantly higher fungicidal activity...
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