Abstract
The numerous uses of the grapevine fruit, especially for wine and beverages, have made it one of the most important plants worldwide. The phytochemistry of grapevine is rich in a wide range of compounds. Many of them are renowned for their numerous medicinal uses. The production of grapevine metabolites is highly conditioned by many factors like environment or pathogen attack. Some grapevine phytoalexins have gained a great deal of attention due to their antimicrobial activities, being also involved in the induction of resistance in grapevine against those pathogens. Meanwhile grapevine biotechnology is still evolving, thanks to the technological advance of modern science, and biotechnologists are making huge efforts to produce grapevine cultivars of desired characteristics. In this paper, important metabolites from grapevine and grape derived products like wine will be reviewed with their health promoting effects and their role against certain stress factors in grapevine physiology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 357-378 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Phytochemistry Reviews |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan for the support of Kashif Ali. This work was supported by ERA-PG under the project Genomic Research-Assisted breeding for Sustainable Production of Quality GRAPEs and WINE (http://urgi.versailles.inra.fr/projects/GRASP/).
Keywords
- Grapevine
- Medicinal importance
- Phytochemistry
- Resistance