Normally it was observed that plant grow in cold climate had produced bigger amount of resveratrol. Whereas further research finding indicate a surprising conclusion that it is because, in cold climate the plants are more susceptible for fungal infection. Therefore plants produce resveratrol to prevent itself against the fungal infection.
Resveratrol is a phytoalexin that is demonstrated that produces damages on conidia from Botrytis. See attached the article from 2012
Yes, definetly. There are so many following recent reports.
1. Mycoses. 2011 Jan;54(1):30-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01763.x.
Resveratrol and its antifungal activity against Candida species.
Weber K, Schulz B, Ruhnke M.
2.Antifungal Activity of Resveratrol against Botrytis cinerea...
Francesco Caruso, Leonora Mendoza, Paulo Castro, Milena Cotoras, Maria Aguirre, Betty Matsuhiro, Mauricio Isaacs, Miriam Rossi, Angela Viglianti, Roberto Antonioletti.
October 2011 | Volume 6 | Issue 10 | e25421
As Robin Joshi has mentioned, there is lot of papers describing the antifungal activity of Resveratrol. I can humbly add:
Overexpression of a resveratrol synthase gene (PcRS) from Polygonum cuspidatum in transgenic Arabidopsis causes the accumulation of trans-piceid with antifungal activity.
by Liu Z, Zhuang C, Sheng S, Shao L, Zhao W, Zhao S.
Plant Cell Rep. 2011 Nov;30(11):2027-36. doi: 10.1007/s00299-011-1110-2. Epub 2011 Jun 30.
Arvind, see the article describes the role of phytoalexins in a plant infection:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138511002457?_fmt=high&_origin=na&md5=f7512f030eca4f11c41b855faadb6576
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Yes. Please have a look at the following RG links.
Article A Comprehensive Study on the Antimicrobial Properties of Res...
Article Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Resveratrol
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