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Chemical ID
GALLICACID
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=5,000 (orl rbt) | Merck 11th Edition |
| LD50=4,500 (scu rat) |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| ACE-Inhibitor | IC50=7.7 mM/l | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenovirus | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiallergenic | not available | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Antianaphylactic | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | not available | Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962. |
| Antibacterial | MIC=1,000 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | not available | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Anticancer | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | ED50=3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrinolytic | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antiflu | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antihepatotoxic | not available | Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93. |
| Antiherpetic | EC50=>10 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | not available | Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499. |
| Antileishmanic | EC50=4.4 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMRSA | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrus precatorius | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Acacia catechu | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia decurrens | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia farnesiana | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Acacia farnesiana | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia nilotica | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia tortilis | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Actaea racemosa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Ailanthus altissima | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anacardium occidentale | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anogeissus latifolia | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arbutus unedo | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Areca catechu | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arnica montana | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| Aspalathus linearis | Shoot | not available | 44000.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aspalathus linearis | Leaf | not available | 44000.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |