Alkyl caffeates improve the antioxidant activity, antitumor property and oxidation stability of edible oil.

Caffeic acid (CA) is distributed widely in nature and possesses strong antioxidant activity. However, CA has lower solubility in non-polar media, which limits its application in fat-soluble food. To increase the lipophilicity of natural antioxidant CA, a series of alkyl caffeates were synthesized an...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Jun Wang, Shuang-Shuang Gu, Na Pang, Fang-Qin Wang, Fei Pang, Hong-Sheng Cui, Xiang-Yang Wu, Fu-An Wu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0095909&type=printable