Open AccessA Review: p-Coumaric Acid, A Medicinally Important Phenolic Acid Moiety
Author(s) -
Shashi Sharma,
Anurag Khatkar,
Saloni Kakkar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indo global journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-1023
DOI - 10.35652/igjps.2021.112007
Subject(s) - antiprotozoal , phytochemical , p coumaric acid , antifungal , chemistry , polyphenol , antioxidant , moiety , antimicrobial , coumaric acid , traditional medicine , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , ferulic acid , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , in vitro
p-Coumaric acid is an ubiquitous natural phenolic phytochemical mainly exist in two forms trans- and cis-p-coumaric acid. It occurs in free as well as in bound forms, is a common dietary polyphenol distributed in fruits, vegetables and cereals. It was considered as a powerful antioxidant and widely reported to demonstrate antimicrobial, antifungal, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antihypertensive, antiulcer, antiprotozoal and antimelanogenic. This review contains the fundamental information about biological potential, common pathway utilized, SAR, wide source of p-coumaric acid and evidence of their role in disease prevention. © 2020 iGlobal Research and Publishing Foundation. All rights reserved.