beta-phenylacrylic acid

Cinnamic acid (β-Phenylacrylic acid) has potential use in cancer intervention,The concentration causing a 50% reduction of cell proliferation (IC50) ranged from 1 to 4.5 mM in glioblastoma, melanoma, prostate and lung carcinoma cells.

trans-Cinnamic acid (Myricitrine) exerts anti-diabetic activity by improving glucose tolerance in vivo and by stimulating insulin secretion in vitro.

Cinnamic acid, hydrazide is an unsaturated carboxylic acid and precursor to aspartame via enzyme-catalysed amination to phenylalanine. Cinnamic acid may be useful in prevention or treatment of Diabetes through various mechanism of actions including stimulation of insulin secretion, improvement of pancreatic β-cell functionality, inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis, enhanced glucose uptake, increased insulin signaling pathway, delay of carbohydrate digestion and glucose absorption, and inhibition of protein glycation and insulin fibrillation.

Sodium cinnamate, a naturally occurring low-toxicity aromatic fatty acid with oral activity, exhibits neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties.