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4-Hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid

mixture of isomers, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Ferulic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H10O4
CAS Number:
537-98-4
Molecular Weight:
194.18
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
329769805
EC Number:
214-490-0
NACRES:
NA.24
MDL number:
MFCD00004400

Product Name

4-Hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid, mixture of isomers, analytical standard

SMILES string

O(C)c1c(ccc(c1)\C=C\C(=O)O)O

InChI

1S/C10H10O4/c1-14-9-6-7(2-4-8(9)11)3-5-10(12)13/h2-6,11H,1H3,(H,12,13)/b5-3+

InChI key

KSEBMYQBYZTDHS-HWKANZROSA-N

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥99.0% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.5% water

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

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Application

4-Hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid may be used as a reference standard in the determination of the analyte in Chinese Danggui using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
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General description

4-Hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid is a ubiquitous plant constituent primarily occurring in seeds and leaves. It arises from the metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine.

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GHS07

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hcodes

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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BCCN1761
BCCJ5367
BCCJ5355
BCCH6240

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Prinjaporn Tee-ngam et al.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 13(10), 13039-13053 (2013-10-01)
Ferulic acid is an important phenolic antioxidant found in or added to diet supplements, beverages, and cosmetic creams. Two designs of paper-based platforms for the fast, simple and inexpensive evaluation of ferulic acid contents in food and pharmaceutical cosmetics were
I Stanimirova et al.
Talanta, 115, 590-599 (2013-09-24)
A nested analysis of variance combined with simultaneous component analysis, ASCA, was proposed to model high-dimensional chromatographic data. The data were obtained from an experiment designed to investigate the effect of production season, quality grade and post-production processing (steam pasteurization)
Jeroen Snelders et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 61(42), 10173-10182 (2013-09-28)
To investigate the antioxidant capacity of ferulic acid (FA) in conjunction with prebiotic arabinoxylanoligosaccharides (AXOS), procedures for the production of FA-enriched, -depleted and cross-linked AXOS were developed, and samples were analyzed using the Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and oxygen
Assay of free ferulic acid and total ferulic acid for quality assessment of Angelica sinensis.
Lu H-G, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1068(2), 209-219 (2005)
Danika Koegelenberg et al.
Food chemistry, 221, 1606-1613 (2016-12-17)
Effects on physical properties of white bread of adding crude (E1) and partially purified (E2) arabinoxylans (AX) from wheat bran to partially replace flour during baking, were investigated to identify optimal dosage. The E1 and E2 had molecular weights of
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