Research Article

Phenolic Biotransformations during Conversion of Ferulic Acid to Vanillin by Lactic Acid Bacteria

Table 2

Detection of phenolic metabolites on modified rice bran media by HPLC-UV.

Ferulic acidVanillinVanillic
acid
Vanillyl
alcohol

0 h3.60%2.61%
8 h3.58%17.21%
16 h6.20%5.01%7.43%3.20%
24 h4%4.55%

Retention time (min): Vanillic acid—6.7, Ferulic acid—11.86, Vanillyl alcohol—13.1, Vanillin—18.9.