The Food and Agriculture Organization defines food security as a situation 'when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.' One of the pillars of food sustainability is increasing agricultural productivity while conserving natural resources.  Towards this goal, transgenic technology has been utilized and has had successful application in the development of herbicide tolerant or pest resistant crops.  Metabolic engineering has also found application in producing missing nutrients or increasing the levels of desired nutrients or compounds, such as carotenoids, in edible plants.  This presentation will cover another example of engineering the production of a purportedly desirable plant constituent, pterostilbene, which has been shown to have wide range of activities that benefits human health.  The lipid-lowering, memory enhancing, antianxiety, anti-obesity, and anti-cancer effects of pterostilbene will also be presented.

Pterostilbene: Health benefits and transgenic production

248th National Meeting (2014)

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