4-Methoxycinnamic acid

white fine crystalline powde

4-Methoxycinnamic acid(p-MCA) exerted antihyperglycemic/hypoglycemic effect by stimulating insulin secretion from pancreas and could be developed into a new potential for therapeutic agent used in type 2 diabetic patients.

It exerts anti-hyperglycemic/ hypoglycemic effect by stimulating insulin secretion from pancreas. It could be developed into a new potential therapeutic agent used in type 2 diabetic patients.

ChEBI: A methoxycinnamic acid having a single methoxy substituent at the 4-position on the phenyl ring.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79, p. 3452, 1957 DOI: 10.1021/ja01570a037
Tetrahedron Letters, 31, p. 5913, 1990 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97992-9

Crystallise the acid from MeOH to constant melting point and UV spectrum. [Beilstein 10 IV 1005.]