ferulic
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- noun
- /fəˈruːlɪk/
- Informal
- As I noted above, their speculation of GM implication falls apart based on their own citation of a study suggesting that ferulic acid enhances the proliferation of breast cancer cells.
- ferulic acid
- ferulic antioxidant
Examples
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You just toughen up and you use ferulic acid because it works, but it smells like dirty hot dog water.
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Unfortunately for Seralini et al., the Chang paper says that the said "modulation" consists of ferulic acid causing "human breast cancer...
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I now use FutureDerm Vitamin CE Ferulic in the morning (for release next month), plus a broad-spectrum UVA/UVB sunscreen during the day.
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When they measured ferulic acid content in their chows, the investigators found that it was lower in their GM and GM+Roundup formulations, with the difference varying by a large range of 16% to 30%.
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They argue that ferulic acid has protective effects against carcinogenesis and mammalian tumors, citing two papers: one that is 28 years old and rather narrow in focus, and another from 2010.
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Based on their own citation, the argument fails that dietary variation in ferulic acid levels—which were substantial in the diets regardless—would have resulted in the results they report.
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Unfortunately for Seralini et al., the Chang paper says that the said "modulation" consists of ferulic acid causing "human breast cancer cell proliferation by up-regulation of HER2 and ERalpha expression."
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They also appear to have evaluated not the GM corn itself but the diet containing other ferulic acid sources as a whole for these values, and their finding of a difference in ferulic acid content counters that of a peer-reviewed Monsanto study finding equivalent values in a direct corn-to-corn comparison.
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Many skincare products contain ferulic acid for its antioxidant properties.
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After researching plant-based ingredients, I learned that ferulic acid helps protect the skin from damage.
Surface Forms
Morphology
ferulic = ferul + ic
This nominal use (ellipsis of 'ferulic acid') relies on a technical chemical name built from a non-standalone combining form, so the relation is not guessable to an average learner.
Etymology
Ferulic used as a noun is a short form of ferulic acid, which was named after the plant Ferula where it was found. That is why people often call the plant-based antioxidant in skincare and lab work simply ferulic.