resveratrol

/ rɪˈsvɛrəˌtrɒl /

noun

1. a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of resveratrol¹

C20: from res ( orcinol ) + veratr ( ine ) + -ol ¹

Example Sentences

Now classified as a noxious weed in Washington, “It is incredibly healthy and loaded with resveratrol,” an antioxidant, according to the Washington Noxious Weed Control Board.

From Seattle Times

But no studies, including decades of research on one polyphenol called resveratrol, have definitively linked the amounts that you get from red wine to good health, Cho said.

From Seattle Times

Another metabolite, resveratrol, impacts several metabolic and immune system processes, and itaconate is produced by macrophages in response to infections.

From Science Daily

These included resveratrol, found in foods such as grapes, peanuts, and cranberries, and amarogentin, a compound from the gentian plant considered one of the most astringent tastes in the world.

From Science Magazine

You’d have to drink life-threatening quantities of wine a day to get protective amounts of micronutrients like resveratrol.

From Slate