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Ferulic acid (FA) is widely used in foods, in beverages, and in various pharmaceutical industries as a precursor of vanillin. FA biotransformation can occur during the growth of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and its conversion to other phenolic derivatives is observed by many scientists, where ferulic acid esterase (FAE) and ferulic acid decarboxylase (FDC) play significant roles. The present study aimed at screening a panel of LAB for their ability to release FA from rice bran, an agro waste material. FAE and FDC activities were analyzed for the preliminary screening of various dairy isolates. Two Pediococcus acidilactici isolates were selected for studying further the hydrolysis of FA from rice bran and its bioconversion into phenolic derivatives like 4-ethylphenol, vanillin, vanillic acid, and vanillyl alcohol. P. acidilactici M16, a probiotic isolate, has great potential for the production of FA from rice bran and could be exploited as starter culture in the food industry for the production of biovanillin.
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The authors acknowledge UGC, New Delhi for funding a major research project entitled “Metabolic engineering of LAB isolate for biotransformation of ferulic acid to vanillin” to Dr. Baljinder Kaur and meritorious BSR fellowship (Basic Scientific Research) to Mr. Debkumar Chakraborty.
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Kaur, B., Chakraborty, D., Kaur, G. et al. Biotransformation of Rice Bran to Ferulic Acid by Pediococcal Isolates. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 170, 854–867 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0223-1
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