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Systematic review and technological prospection: ethyl ferulate, a phenylpropanoid with antioxidant and neuroprotective actions

  • Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2019 Feb;29(2):73-83. doi: 10.1080/13543776.2019.1568410.
Francisco Valmor Macedo Cunha 1,  Angélica Gomes Coelho 1,  Pedro Simão da Silva Azevedo 1,  Arnóbio Antônio da Silva Júnior 2,  Francisco de Assis Oliveira 1,  Lívio César Cunha Nunes 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 a Medicinal Plants Research Center , Federal University of Piauí , Teresina , Brazil.
  • 2 b Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy , Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN , Natal , Brazil.
  • 3 c Federal University of Piauí , Teresina , Brazil.
PMID: 30681375 DOI: 10.1080/13543776.2019.1568410
Abstract

Introduction: Ethyl ferulate is a phenylpropanoid with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and neuroprotective activities of natural and synthetic origin with potential uses in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the current scenario regarding patents and scientific articles available involving the substance in question, regarding aspects such as quantity, areas of knowledge and depositor countries.

Areas covered: To do so, we conducted technological and scientific prospecting on the WIPO, EPO, USPTO and INPI and scientific databases in PubMed, Web of Science and Lilacs databases using the keywords 'ferulic acid ethyl ester' and 'ethyl ferulate' in English and Portuguese. A total of 16 articles and 17 patents of which 10 were Chinese and 11 claimed the use of ethyl ferulate or for the synthesis of other substances or synthetic methods of the same. Five of the patents selected claimed therapeutic applications related to the treatment of mycobacterial infections, use as a cosmetic and neuroprotective activity. The systematic review of the literature revealed antioxidant, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antiapoptotic, antimutagenic and antiproliferative activities.

Expert opinion: The technological and scientific prospection highlighted ethyl ferulate, despite its known pharmacological activities, is little explored by the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

Keywords

Ethyl ferulate; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidant; biotechnology; natural product.

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