I-asidi ye-Ferulic inesakhiwo se-phenolic acid, i-asidi ebuthakathaka ye-asidi ye-asidi, kodwa kunye neentlobo ze-antioxidants ezinamandla (ezifana ne-resveratrol, i-vitamin C, njl.) iimveliso.
I-Ferulic acid powder, njenge-phenols ezininzi, i-antioxidant ngengqiqo yokuba iyasebenza kwii-radicals zamahhala ezifana neentlobo ze-oksijini ezisebenzayo (ROS).I-ROS kunye neeradicals zamahhala zibandakanyeka kumonakalo we-DNA, ukuguga kweeseli ngokukhawuleza.