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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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GALLIC-ACID

Chemical ID
GALLICACID
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=5,000 (orl rbt) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=4,500 (scu rat)
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
ACE-Inhibitor IC50=7.7 mM/l *
Analgesic *
Antiadenovirus Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiallergenic Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antianaphylactic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic *
Antiasthmatic 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 *
Antibronchitic Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer *
Anticarcinomic ED50=3 *
Antiescherichic *
Antifibrinolytic Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihepatotoxic 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 *
AntiHIV *
Antiinflammatory Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antileishmanic EC50=4.4 ug/ml *
AntiMRSA *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Sanguisorba minor Plant *
Schinus molle Bark *
Solanum tuberosum Root Bark *
Sorbus aucubaria Fruit *
Syzygium aromaticum Flower *
Syzygium aromaticum Fruit 285.0 12600.0 -0.4 *
Syzygium cumini Fruit Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Tagetes lucida Leaf Tramil
Taxus baccata Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.9 *
Terminalia arjuna Root Bark 3.0 Anjaneyulu, A. S. R., Rama Prasad, A. V. 1982. Chemical Examination of the Roots of Terminalia arjuna-The Structures of Arjunoside 3 and Arjunoside 4, Two New Triterpenoid Glycosides. Phytochemisty 21: 2057-2060.
Terminalia arjuna Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
Terminalia arjuna Shoot 7.5 -0.7 Pettit, G. R., Hoard, M. S., Doubek, D. L., Schmidt, J. M., Pettit, R. K., Tackett, L. P., Chapuis, J. C. 1996. Antineoplastic Agents 338. The Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitory Constituents of Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol. 53 1: 57-63.
Terminalia bellirica Fruit *
Terminalia catappa Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Terminalia chebula Leaf 53.3 -0.9 Lin,T.C.,et al.1990.Tannins and Related Compounds.CII.Structures of Terchebulin, an Ellagitannin Having a Novel Tetraphenylcarboxylic Acid (Terchebulic Acid) and Biogenetically Related Tannins from Terminalia chebula Retz. Chem Pharm Bull 38 11:3004-3008.
Terminalia chebula Fruit 4310.0 -0.9 *
Terminalia pallida Fruit *
Thymus vulgaris Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Tussilago farfara Flower *
Uncaria catechu Branches *