**6. Future perspective and industrial applications**

Phenolic compounds possess a wide range of biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. Such properties allow phenolic compounds be able to reduce various illnesses and diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and hypertension. Therefore, they can be used in pharmaceutical industry as therapeutic agents. The antioxidant and antimicrobial properties enable phenolic compounds to function as food preservatives and additives. Thus they have also applications in food industry. In addition, phenolic compounds have applications in cosmetic and packaging industries. Exploitation of the full potential of phenolic compounds lies in the development of prudent and efficient methods for their detection, isolation, and analysis. Also, a key direction is their synthetic transformation and elaboration into new and potentially more biologically active molecules. Moreover, another prospect is the developments of new methods for the expeditious synthesis of phenolic compounds.
