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Table 6 Differentiation between some bioactive compounds in lyophilized extract of S. cerevisiae-fermented and non-fermented cinnamon

From: Application of environmental-safe fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae for increasing the cinnamon biological activities

Compound

RT (min)

Non-fermented

(μg/g)

Fermented

(μg/g)

Conversion hypothesis

Biological activity

References

Decreased compounds

Gallic acid

4.2

225.48

162.76

Hydrolysis of gallic acid to form catechin

Antioxidant

Adhikari et al. 2021

Protocatechuic acid

6.9

520.47

405.04

It may be esterified

Protocatechuic esters has antioxidant activity higher than protocatechuic acid

Reis et al. 2010

Increased compounds

p-hydroxybenzoic acid

12

14.65

31.64

Hydrolysis of benzoic acid to form p-hydroxybenzoic acid

Promotion of the expression of antioxidant enzymes o

Dvorackova et al. 2015

Gentisic acid

10.1

40.30

53.66

Hydrolysis of benzoic acid to form gentisic acid

Anti-inflammatory, and antigenotoxic

Abedi et al. 2020

Cateachin

24

29.40

46.92

Hydrolysis of gallic acid to form catechin

Antioxidant

Rao and Gan, 2014; Fathima and Rao 2016

Chlorogenic acid

28

8.80

13.25

Quinic acid, and caffeic acid formed chlorogenic acid

Antioxidant

Bhattaram et al. 2002; Xu et al. 2012

Caffeic acid

40

7.02

7.13

Hydrolysis of hydroxycinnamic acid to form caffeic acid

Antioxidant, and neuroprotective

Sakai and Tsukuba 2015

Syringic acid

33

55.25

64.59

Degradation of lignin

Antioxidant

Srinivasulu et al. 2018