Description
Ferulic acid is a kind of phenolic acid extracted from the resin of ferulic acid. Ferulic acid is an aromatic acid ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. Oligosaccharides, polyamines, lipids and polysaccharides form a combined state.
Function
It has many health functions, such as scavenging free radicals, anti-thrombosis, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, inhibiting tumors, preventing and treating hypertension, heart disease, and enhancing sperm motility. Ferulic acid has low toxicity and is easily metabolized by the human body. It can be used as a food preservative and has a wide range of uses in food and medicine.
Food industry applications
In addition to being widely used in medicine, ferulic acid has been approved as a food additive in some countries. Japan has allowed the use of food antioxidants, while the United States and some European countries have allowed the use of some herbs, coffee, and pandan beans with higher ferulic acid content as antioxidants. Ferulic acid is mainly used in the food industry to prepare natural vanillin, antioxidants, preservatives, cross-linking agents and function promoters.
