The stilbene profile in edible berries

Edible berries are becoming increasingly popular to consume in fresh, dried, frozen or processed forms due to their high content and wide diversity of bioactive compounds with considerable health benefits. Among the wide variety of phytochemicals found in berries are stilbenes, which demonstrate a broad range of biological and pharmacological activities. Their content depends on many factors, including the cultivar, ripening stage, climatic conditions, agronomic management, storage conditions and postharvest management. However, the application of various abiotic and biotic external stimuli could be a strategy for increasing the production of stilbenes in edible berries. To date, several different elicitors, as inducers of plant secondary metabolite stilbenes, have been applied in different studies. This review focuses on the isolation and identification of stilbenes from edible berries and presents the influence of different external stimuli on their profile in grapes.