Cinnamic acids ferulic

Khopade SM, Priyadarshini Kl, Guha SN, Mukherjee T. (2001) Hydroxyl radical induced oxidation of 4-hydroxy 3-methoxy cinnamic acid (ferulic acid). Rjes Chem Intermed 27 519-527. 

The composition of lignin (an important component of plant cell walls) is very complex.p-Coumaric acid, cinnamic acid, ferulic acid, and others are among the products of lignin biodegradation (Fig. 1). Thin layer chromatography is a very rapid method for their separation and is usually completed in a very short time. Six different solvents were used as developer (Table 5), with silica gel being used as a stationary phase. 

Experiments with tritium and C-labelled phenylalanine samples established that this amino-acid was incorporated intact as a Cg unit (with loss of C-1). Support for a pathway proceeding via cinnamic acid and hydroxylated derivatives and benzoylacetic acid derivatives was provided in further experiments with cinnamic acid, ferulic acid/isoferulic acid, and the (easily hydrolysed) ethyl esters of benzoylacetic acid and piperonylacetic acid. As far as they go the results suggest that a mixed pathway is in operation with introduction of hydroxy- and methylenedioxy-groups on more than one intermediate. 

Flavonoids and phenolic acids UV detection (trans-resveratrol, cinnamic acid, ferulic acid, -coumaric acid, quercetin, and morin) in berries... 

Recent scientific investigations of natural polyphenols have demonstrated their powerful antioxidant property (Niki et al, 1995). Several classes of polyphenols have been chemically identified. Some of these are grape polyphenols, tea polyphenols, soy polyphenols, oligomeric proanthocyanidines (OPA) and other natural polyphenols of the flavone class. Rice bran polyphenols are different from the above in that they are p-hydroxy cinnamic acid derivatives such as p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid and p-sinapic acid. Tricin, a flavone derivative, has also been isolated from rice bran. 

The total phenolic content in XRPP was 1.10%. The major components were found to be p-hydroxybenzoic acid (0.44%), vanillin (0.19%), syringic acid (0.13%), and syringaldehyde (0.13%). The contents of p-hydroybenzaldehyde, vanillic acid and ferulic acid were 0.032, 0.015 and 0.020%, respectively. Gallic acid, protocatechuic acid and cinnamic acid were detected in trace amounts. 

The pure enzyme was tested for activity against several methylated phenolic and cinnamic acids (Table 2). The enzyme was active on methyl esters of cinnamic acids caffeio p-coumaric> ferulic, and is therefore termed a cinnamoyl esterase (CinnAE). 

Hydroxy cinnamic acids are included in the phenylpropanoid group (C6-C3). They are formed with an aromatic ring and a three-carbon chain. There are four basic structures the coumaric acids, caffeic acids, ferulic acids, and sinapic acids. In nature, they are usually associated with other compounds such as chlorogenic acid, which is the link between caffeic acid and quinic acid. 

A series of subsequent reactions after PAL first introduces a hydroxyl at the 4-position of the ring of cinnamic acid to form p- or 4-coumaric acid (i.e., 4-hydroxycinnamic acid). Addition of a second hydroxyl at the 3-position yields caffeic acid, whereas O-methylation of this hydroxyl group produces ferulic acid (see Fig. 3.3). Two additional enzymatic reactions are necessary to produce sinapic acid. These hy-drocinnamic acids are not found in significant amounts in plant tissue because they are rapidly converted to coenzyme A esters, or glucose esters. These activated intermediates form an important branch point because they can participate in a wide range of subsequent reactions. 

It is well established that cinnamic acid and some substituted cinnamic acids (including frans-p-coumaric acid but not ferulic acid) can be dimerized in vitro by sunlight to truxillic and truxinic acids and their derivatives... 

Cinnamic acid OH derivatives H J> H Caffeic acid / -Coumaric acid o-Coumaric acid CH Ferulic acid Cinnamic acid Sinapinic acid COOH Flavonoids Flavones Apigenin q JT 11 Luteolin R2 Flavanonol 1 i IJ R3 V >r (+)-Taxifolin OH 0... 

Ferulic acid 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-cinnamic acid... 

Figure 6.6 HPLC chromatogram of the extract from Superior potato flesh (a) and of the same extract spiked with standards (b). Identification p.1, chlorogenic acid p.2, chlorogenic acid isomer p.3, caffeic acid p.4, p-coumaric acid p.5, ferulic acid p.6, t-cinnamic acid. Column, Inertsil ODS-3 V (5 p.m, 4.0 X 250 mm) flow rate, l.OmL/min column temperatures, 20°C mobile phase, acetonitrile 0.5% formic acid (gradient mode) detector, UV at 280 nm.

The most common cinnamic acids are caffeic (3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid), ferulic (3-methoxy-4-hydroxy), sinapic (3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy) and p-coumaric (4-hydroxy) acid, Table 4 [13]. 

Non-ruminants possess several intestinal Na+-dependent saturable transport systems. These include the well-known sodium-glucose co-transporter (SGLT1), responsible for the active uptake of glucose, and it appears to be specific for cinnamic and ferulic acid and possibly for other hydroxy-cinammic acids [112]. 

After oral administration of caffeic acid to rats, small amounts of vanillic acid and vanilloylglycine are excreted. The conversion of p-hydroxycinnamic acid into /7-hydroxybenzoic acid is found in rat liver mitochondria [18], Studies with /7-hydroxy[U-14C]cinnamic acid have showed that 14C02 is released during reaction, indicating that reaction probably followed the p-oxidation type reactions, the two carbon being first removed as acetyl-CoA, and then oxidized to C02. It is assumed that conversion of ferulic acid formed by methylation of caffeic acid into vanillic acid occurs in rat liver mitochondria. 

Catecholases and laccases may be differentiated by the use of substrate specificity tests and selective specific inhibitors (Walker and McCallion, 1980 Ferrar and Walker, 1996 Table C4.1.1). Salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM), PVP, and/or cinnamic acids (cinnamic, p-coumaric, or ferulic) are probably the best choice for catecholase inhibitors, whereas cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CETAB) has been found to inhibit most laccases. 

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