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Product Name | Ferulic Acid |
Appearance | White Powder |
CAS | 1135-24-6 |
MW | 194.184 |
Melting Point | 168 to 172 C |
Ferulic acid has many health functions, such as clearing free radicals, anti thrombotic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, inhibiting tumors, preventing and treating hypertension, heart disease, enhancing sperm vitality, etc; And it has low toxicity, is easy to metabolize for the human body, can be used as a food preservative, and has a wide range of applications in food, medicine, and other fields.
Ferulic acid can competitively inhibit the activity of hydroxyglutaryl-5-pyrophosphate dehydrogenase in the liver, suppress cholesterol synthesis in the liver, and thus achieve the goal of lowering blood lipids.
The inhibitory effect of ferulic acid on bacteria is more broad-spectrum. It has been found that ferulic acid can inhibit the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria such as Shigella sonnei, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Citrobacter, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as 11 microorganisms that cause food spoilage.
Besides being widely used in medicine, ferulic acid is mainly used in the food industry to prepare natural vanillin, antioxidants, preservatives, crosslinking agents, and functional enhancers.