Ferulic acid.(Cosmeceutical Critique)

Skin & Allergy News;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Ferulic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid) is...Free Radic. Biol. Med. 1992;13:435-48), ferulic acid is prevalent in whole grains, spinach, parsley, grapes, and rhubarb. Dietary ferulic acid is now considered a significant antioxidant...

Ferulic Acid: An Antioxidant Found Naturally in Plant Cell Walls and...

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT: Ferulic acid is the most abundant hydroxycinnamic...world and maize bran with 3.1% (w/w) ferulic acid is one of the most promising sources...antioxidant. The dehydrodimers of ferulic acid are important structural components...

Bioconversions of Ferulic Acid, an Hydroxycinnamic Acid

Critical Reviews in Microbiology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Ferulic acid is the most abundant hydroxycinnamic acid...on the relevant biotransformations of ferulic acid using plant sources, microorganisms, and enzymes. Keywords Biotransformation; Ferulic acid: Microorganisms: Plant cells; Vanillin...

The bioavailability of ferulic acid is governed primarily by the food...

The Journal of Nutrition;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The Bioavailability of Ferulic Acid Is Governed Primarily by the Food...ABSTRACT The physiologic importance of ferulic acid (FA), and notably its antioxidant...1962-1968, 2002. KEY WORDS: * ferulic acid * bioavailability * absorption...

Soy and oat combo protects against UV. (Chemistry).(ultraviolet...

Science News;  January 11, 2003 ;     291 words ......started working with the compound, called ferulic acid, because it's structurally similar...commercial sunscreens. Like the synthetics, ferulic acid absorbs skin-damaging ultraviolet light. But ferulic acid dissolves in water, making it unsuitable...

WIPO: Inventor in Canada Develops Ferulic Acid Bioproduction Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 13, 2008 ;     236 words ......Bhathena both of, Quebec, have developed ferulic acid utilization method. According to an abstract...invention relates to a "process for producing ferulic acid, which comprises isolating ferulic acid from a culture media in which encapsulated...

Addition of Ferulic Acid, Ethyl Ferulate, and Feruloylated Monoacyl- and...

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......To determine antioxidative effects of ferulic acid and esterified ferulic acids, these...feruloylated MAG and DAG (FMG/FDG), ferulic acid, ethyl ferulate, and TBHQ. After frying...ethyl ferulate was retained. TBHQ and ferulic acid levels were 6% and <1%, respectively...

Ferulic Acid and its Position Among the Phenolic Compounds of Wheat

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition;  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Ferulic acid (3-methoxy-4-hydmxycinnamic acid) is...lignin through ether bonds. However, ferulic acid in the pentosane molecules forms specific...in which a great role is assigned to ferulic acid. An oxidized form of ferulic acid-diferulic...

Effect of Ferulic Acid and Catechin on Sorghum and Maize Starch Pasting...

Cereal Chemistry;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The effects of ferulic acid and catechin on starch pasting...DC-75), and the phenolic compounds ferulic acid and catechin were used in the...using rapid viscosity analysis. Ferulic acid and catechin (up to 100 mg each...

Cosmeceuticals may help some of the time, but jury is out on wrinkles

Dermatology Times;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......cosmeceuticals, three agents in particular - ferulic acid, idebenone and human growth factors...the most promising findings pertain to ferulic acid, a cell wall component derived from...that is commonly used in sunscreens. Ferulic acid is said to be a very potent antioxidant...

Isolation from Sugar Beet Cell Walls of Arabinan Oligosaccharides...

Plant Physiology;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......galactose (Gal) residues, are esterified by ferulic acid units. Enzymatic hydrolysis of beet...an arabinotetraose esterified by two ferulic acid residues were obtained, and their structure...neighboring Ara units may be esterified by two ferulic acid units. This close proximity may ...

Reduce fruit and vegetable softening

Emerging Food R&D Report;  July 1, 1996 ;     303 words ......texture, investigators have learned how ferulic acid keeps crispness intact. Finding out...identified unusually high levels of ferulic acid, related to vanilla, in the cell walls of the chestnut. Nearly half of the ferulic acid is in a dimer form, which they believe...

FT-Raman spectra of unsoaked and NaOH-soaked wheat kernels, bran, and...

Cereal Chemistry;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......spectra of wheat bran, wheat starch, ferulic acid, and whole kernels of wheat, before...kernel were that of starch, protein, and ferulic acid, perhaps esterified to arabinoxylan...soaked in NaOH, spectral bands due to ferulic acid shift to lower energy and show a slightly...

Fountain of youth in Peoria?

Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois);  November 28, 2005 ;     640 words ......market a cosmetic line that makes use of ferulic acid, the natural chemical found in plants...germinate and grow. The benefits of ferulic acid -- the ability to ease the effects of...years in the cosmetic industry. But ferulic acid has a couple of problems: it's not soluble...

Synthesis and Characterization of Soyamide Ferulate

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Ferulic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid...synthesized by reacting soyamide with ferulic acid. The resulting product was characterized...the degradation of polymers [8]. Ferulic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid...