Ferulic acid is a kind of phenolic acid widely existing in plant kingdom.Research shows that Ferulic acid is one of the Active ingredient of many traditional Chinese medicines,such as Ferula,Ligusticum chuanxiong,Angelica,Cimicifuga,Equisetum equisetum,etc.Ferulic acid has a wide range of functions and is widely used in medicine,food,beauty care products and other industries.Below,let’s take a look at the role and use of Ferulic acid.
1、Function of Ferulic acid
1.Antioxidant
Ferulic acid has strong antioxidant and scavenging effects on oxygen free radicals.It can also inhibit Lipid peroxidation and the activity of free radical related enzymes.
2.Whitening
Ferulic acid can inhibit the activity of Tyrosinase.Tyrosinase is an enzyme used in the synthesis of melanin by melanocytes.Therefore,inhibiting its activity can reduce the formation of melanin and achieve a whitening effect.
3.Sunscreen
Ferulic acid has sunscreen ability,and has good ultraviolet absorption near 290~330 nm,while the ultraviolet at 305~310 nm is most likely to induce skin spots.Therefore,Ferulic acid can prevent and reduce the damage of this wavelength of ultraviolet rays to the skin and reduce the generation of color spots.
2、Use of Ferulic acid
Ferulic acid has many health functions,such as scavenging free radicals,antithrombotic,antibacterial and anti-inflammatory,inhibiting tumor,preventing hypertension,heart disease,enhancing sperm vitality,etc;Moreover,it has low toxicity and is easily metabolized by the human body.It can be used as a food preservative and has wide applications in food,medicine,and other fields.
Explanation:The potential efficacy and applications mentioned in this article are all from publicly available literature.
Post time: Jun-29-2023