Potential applications of ferulic acid from natural sources

Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-93

  Kumar, Naresh ^a   Pruthi, Vikas ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Biological usages; Ferulic acid; Metabolism; Phytochemical; Shikimate pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; COSMETIC; CURCUMIN; DIFERULIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LIGNIN; POLYAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHIKIMIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIN;

AGING; ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CELL WALL; CHELATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FOOD COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIVER PROTECTION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84921492626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2215017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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