Natural whitening ingredient - ferulic acid

1. What is ferulic acid powder?

Ferulic acid exists in a large number of plants in nature, and its chemical name is also called 4-hydroxy-methoxycinnamic acid. It is a phenolic acid that exists in large quantities in plants. Especially in Chuanxiong, Suanzaoren, Cimicifuga and other traditional Chinese medicines contain ferulic acid.

2. The effect of ferulic acid on the skin

Ferulic acid can not only be used as a drug to treat thrombosis and heart disease, but also as a food antioxidant and preservative, and it also has a significant effect on skin whitening.

Ferulic acid can reduce the growth and reproduction of melanin, inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, and the inhibition rate of tyrosinase activity can reach 86%, even a low concentration of ferulic acid solution can inhibit the activity of the enzyme.

Ferulic acid can also effectively scavenge oxygen free radicals, has obvious antioxidant effect, can resist ultraviolet rays, prevent the growth of melanin, can effectively absorb ultraviolet rays in the wavelength range of 290-330nm, reduce the damage of sunlight to the skin, whiten the skin, and achieve brightening skin and anti-aging effect.

3. Safety of ferulic acid

Ferulic acid has high safety performance, can be absorbed by the human body, and can be excreted from the urine in time, will not accumulate in the human body, store toxins, and is easy to be metabolized by the human body.