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Developement and optimization of the method for the extraction of ferulic acid from wheat bran
Hubačová, Klára ; Štursa, Václav (referee) ; Pořízka, Jaromír (advisor)
Bachelor thesis is considering usage of wheat bran for an extraction of ferulic acid. Wheat bran is a large-scale by-product of milling industry which is produced during milling of cereals (wheat) into flour. This low-cost product is usually used as a livestock feed. An initiative is raised for some other potential applications, because too large quantity produced every year can not be consumed just as a feed. There is a significant amount of phenolic acids from which ferulic acid is the most abundant one. It was found out after examination of structure of the wheat bran. This acid is connected with polysaccharides of a cell wall. The alkaline hydrolysis was used to disrupt a linkage between ferulic acid and polysaccharides. Then ethanol was added to precipitate the polysaccharides and the mixture was filtered. The filtrate contains ferulic acid which has great health benefits such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, antimicrobial effect etc. It plays an important role as an agent against UV radiation in the cosmetic products.

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