[CAS NO. 530-59-6]  Sinapinic Acid

Sinapic acid is widespread in the plant kingdom (fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, oilseed crops, and some spices and medicinal plants). Sinapic acid shows antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and anti-anxiety activity. Sinapic acid inhibits nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) activation in macrophages. Via NF-κB inactivation sinapic acid suppresses the expression of proinflammatory mediators such as inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-1β. Sinapic acid exerts an inhibitory effect against tumorigenic colon cells, but a low influence on breast cancer cells. It also shows antiproliferative action (ability to prevent, or retard, the spread of malignant cells into surrounding tissue) on the human breast cancer T47D cell line.