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In the BSA-fructose model, FOs at 0.25 mg\/mL achieved a 62% inhibition rate of fructosamine, equivalent to approximately 78% of the activity of the positive control aminoguanidine (AG), and reduced fluorescent AGEs by over 50% on day 12. Additionally, FOs suppressed the accumulation of \u03b1-dicarbonyl compounds, key intermediates in the glycation pathway. In the BSA-MGO and BSA-GO system, the decreased fluorescence intensity of tryptophan residues indicated that FOs bound to BSA, inducing conformational changes in the protein microenvironment; this binding also inhibited protein carbonyl formation and the loss of thiol groups, thereby modulating the protein glycation process. Compared with their precursors (ferulic acid, FA; xylooligosaccharides, XOS), FOs exhibited comparable or even superior inhibitory activity against specific AGE subtypes, suggesting a synergistic effect between the feruloyl and oligosaccharide moieties. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed that FOs reduced the band intensity of 90 kDa AGEs in the glycation system, indicating the inhibition of protein-fructose cross-linking. Fluorescence spectroscopy confirmed that FOs dynamically quenched BSA with a single binding site, and thermodynamic calculations demonstrated that the binding was spontaneous (\u0394G &lt; 0), primarily driven by hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces (\u0394H &lt; 0, \u0394S &lt; 0). This study systematically investigated the anti-glycation activities of FOs and their precursors. The findings demonstrate that FOs are promising natural glycation inhibitors and provide important theoretical and experimental support for related research. 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