Acrolein,known as one of the most common reactive carbonyl species,is a toxic small molecule affecting human health in daily life.This study is focused on the scavenging abilities and mechanism of ferulic acid and som...Acrolein,known as one of the most common reactive carbonyl species,is a toxic small molecule affecting human health in daily life.This study is focused on the scavenging abilities and mechanism of ferulic acid and some other phenolic acids against acrolein.Among the 13 phenolic compounds investigated,ferulic acid was found to have the highest efficiency in scavenging acrolein under physiological 8nditions.Ferulic acid remained at(3.04±1.89)%and acrolein remained at(29.51±4.44)%after being incubated with each other for 24 h.The molecular mechanism of the detoxifying process was also studied.Detoxifying products,namely 2-methoxy-4-vinyIphenol(product 21)and 5-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)pent-4-enal(product 22),were identified though nuclear magnetic resonanee(NMR)and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS),after the scavenging process.Ferulic acid showed significant activity in scavenging acrolein under physiological conditions.This study indicates a new method for inhibiting damage from acrolein.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21327010 and 21372199)
文摘Acrolein,known as one of the most common reactive carbonyl species,is a toxic small molecule affecting human health in daily life.This study is focused on the scavenging abilities and mechanism of ferulic acid and some other phenolic acids against acrolein.Among the 13 phenolic compounds investigated,ferulic acid was found to have the highest efficiency in scavenging acrolein under physiological 8nditions.Ferulic acid remained at(3.04±1.89)%and acrolein remained at(29.51±4.44)%after being incubated with each other for 24 h.The molecular mechanism of the detoxifying process was also studied.Detoxifying products,namely 2-methoxy-4-vinyIphenol(product 21)and 5-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)pent-4-enal(product 22),were identified though nuclear magnetic resonanee(NMR)and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS),after the scavenging process.Ferulic acid showed significant activity in scavenging acrolein under physiological conditions.This study indicates a new method for inhibiting damage from acrolein.
