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Vidal Sánchez, Francisco José

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Vidal Sánchez, Francisco José
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Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología MolecularA
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    Stilbenes: Characterization, bioactivity, encapsulation and structural modifications. A review of their current limitations and promising approaches
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-03-02) Navarro Orcajada, Silvia; Vidal Sánchez, Francisco José; Albadelejo Maricó, Lorena; Matencio Durán, Adrián; Conesa Valverde, Irene; López Nicolás, José Manuel; Vidal Sánchez, Francisco José; García Carmona, Francisco; Bioquímica y Biología Molecular A
    Stilbenes are phenolic compounds naturally synthesized as secondary metabolites by the shikimate pathway in plants. Research on them has increased in recent years due to their therapeutic potential as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cardioprotective and anti-obesity agents. Amongst them, resveratrol has attracted the most attention, although there are other natural and synthesized stilbenes with enhanced properties. However, stilbenes have some physicochemical and pharmacokinetic problems that need to be overcome before considering their applications. Human clinical evidence of their bioactivity is still controversial due to this fact and hence, exhaustive basis science on stilbenes is needed before applied science. This review gathers the main physicochemical and biological properties of natural stilbenes, establishes structure-activity relationships among them, emphasizing the current problems that limit their applications and presenting some promising approaches to overcome these issues: the encapsulation in different agents and the structural modification to obtain novel stilbenes with better features. The bioactivity of stilbenes should move from promising to evident.