Potential applications of ferulic acid from natural sources

• Published in: Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 4; no. C; pp. 86 - 93
• Main Authors: Kumar, Naresh, Pruthi, Vikas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier 01.12.2014
• Subjects: antioxidant activity; antioxidants; antiviral properties; Biological usages; cell walls; chelation; chemical bonding; coniferyl alcohol; curcumin; diferulic acid; enzyme activity; Ferulic acid; gene expression; hydroxy fatty acids; leaves; lignin; Metabolism; Phytochemical; polysaccharides; Review; seeds; Shikimate pathway; signal transduction; sinapic acid; spermatozoa; transcription factors; vanillin; viability; Shikimate pathway; Metabolism; Phytochemical; Biological usages; Ferulic acid
• ISSN: 2215-017X; 2215-017X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2014.09.002

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.