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Phytic acid

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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acidum fyticum; CAS number 83-86-3; Fytic acid; Inositol hexaphosphate; Inositol hexaphosphoric acid esters; IP6; Phytate; Phytates; phytic acid; Phytic acid

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Phytic acid also called inositol hexaphosphate or IP6, is a saturated cyclic organic acid in which one inositol molecule is esterified with 6 phosphorus molecules.

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Inositol hexaphosphate is an acid found in many cereals, for example in corn, oats and wheat germ and especially in rice bran. Inositol hexaphosphate is also found in peanuts and soybeans (Silva EO et al. 2016). The substance serves as the preferred storage molecule for phosphoric acid (Alkarawi HH et al. 2014).

Inositol hexaphosphate has antioxidant properties and can deactivate free radicals (Goufo P et al. 2014). The substance contributes to the repair of damage in DNA.

Both in vivo and in vitro results have shown a preventive as well as therapeutic anticarcinogenic effect of inositol hexaphosphate (Fox CH et al. 2002).

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The salts/esters of phytic acid are called phytates.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles