Description
Dehydrozingerone (1080-12-2) is a structural half analog of curcumin (Cat.# 10-1243) and is isolated from ginger rhizomes. Dehydrozingerone displays antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal properties.1 It has also been shown to possess various antitumor effects2,3 and inhibit growth factor/peroxide-stimulated vascular smooth muscle function4.
Chemical Properties
Vanillylidene acetone has a very sweet, warm and tenacious odor.
Uses
Vanillylidenacetone is one of ferulic acid derivatives. Studies have shown that vanillyl acetone has a certain inhibitory effect on Amaranthus, barnyardgrass, matang, dogwood and rape, among which the best inhibitory effect is on rape and Amaranthus.
Definition
ChEBI: Dehydrozingerone is a hydroxycinnamic acid.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 200 ppm: balsamic vanilla, with sweet aromatic spicy nuances.
References
1) Kubra et al. (2014), Structure-function activity of dehydrozingerone and its derivatives as antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds; J. Food Sci. Technol., 51 245
2) Motohashi et al. (1998), Inhibitory effects of dehydrozingerone and related compounds on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation; Cancer Lett., 134 37
3) Yogosawa et al. (2012), Dehydrozingerone, a structural analog of curcumin, induces cell-cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and accumulates intracellular ROS in HT-29 human colon cancer cells; J. Nat. Prod., 75 2088
4) Liu et al. (2008), Inhibitory effect of dehydrozingerone on vascular smooth muscle cell function; J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol., 52 422
