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ferulic acid

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[fuh-roo-lik] / fəˈru lɪk /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.

Etymology

Origin of ferulic acid

First recorded in 1875–80; ferul(a) + -ic

Example Sentences

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So far, no microbial or plant-derived enzymes have exhibited the ability to convert ferulic acid to vanillin at an industrial scale.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

In its native state, it does not have the ability to convert ferulic acid into vanillin.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

In plants, vanillin is synthesized by the conversion of ferulic acid by the enzyme -- VpVAN.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

Using structural modeling analysis, the researchers were able to predict amino acid changes in Ado which would enable its interaction with ferulic acid.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

They went on to examine the ferulic acid conversion ability of the various engineered mutant proteins.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

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