Potential applications of ferulic acid from natural sources
By Naresh Kumar, V. Pruthi. Biotechnology Reports, 2014
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Ferulic acid (FA), a ubiquitous natural phenolic phytochemical present in seeds, leaves, bothin its free form and covalently conjugated to the plant cell wall polysaccharides, glycoproteins,polyamines, lignin and hydroxy fatty acids. FA plays a vital role in providing the rigidity to the cell wall and formation of other important organic compounds like coniferyl alcohol, vanillin, sinapic, diferulic acid and curcumin. FA exhibits wide variety of biological activities such as antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, antiallergic, hepatoprotective, anticarcinogenic, antithrombotic, increase sperm viability, antiviral and vasodilatory actions, metal chelation, modulation of enzyme activity, activation of transcriptional factors, gene expression and signal transduction.
Subfields: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Science
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- Responses of the phenolic compounds of Zea mays under heavy metal stress (2016, background): “It is found in the plant cell wall components as covalent side chains and is a strong UV absorber (Kumar and Pruthi 2014).”
- Phenolic acids: Natural versatile molecules with promising therapeutic applications (2019, background): “icals, phytochemicals, food ingredients, cosmetics dietary supplements and nutraceuticals [8,78].”
- Natural antioxidants as stabilizers for polymers (2017, background): “Carnosic acid (a hydroxybenzoic acid) is an important stabilizer of oils, animal fats and various meat products [129], while ferulic acid (a hydroxycinnamic acid) is usually applied in gels and edible film products [130].”