Description
Ferulic acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid, which is an organic substance. It is a common phenolic phytochemical found in plant cell walls, covalently linked as side chains to molecules such as arabinoxylans. Ferulic acid, as a component of lignin, serves as a precursor in the production of other aromatic molecules. The name is taken from the genus Ferula, which refers to the giant fennel. (Ferula communis).
Ferulic acid has been shown to be an anti-oxidant booster for many other anti-oxidants. Vitamins C and E, in particular, were shown to double their photoprotective capacity on the epidermis. Because of its highly oxidative condition, Vitamin C is well known to be problematic in skin care. For topical Vitamin C to be effective, several variables must be under control. One of these factors is stabilization once exposed to air or moisture, where Vitamin C rapidly oxidizes. Ferulic acid has been shown to do just that. Ferulic Acid, combined at 0.8% with Vitamin C, acts to stabilize the Vitamin C, preventing oxidation, resulting in the development of the first C+E Ferulic Serum.
Food supplementation with curcumin and ferulic acid is thought to be a nutritional strategy to reducing oxidative damage and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease.
APPLICATIONS
- all day care skin protective products
- anti-aging skin care
- moisturizers
- serums
- protective formulations
- sun protection products
- after sun products
Recommend:
- 5 to 0.8%
- added to the water phase, then heated
- maintain final pH at acid levels of 3.2 to 3.4
