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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
Antimutagenic Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinitrosaminic *
Antioxidant 2/3 BHA *
Antioxidant 7 x quercetin *
Antioxidant IC44=33 ppm *
Antiperiodontitic 10 ug/ml *
Antiperoxidant IC50=69 uM *
Antipolio Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproteolytic 10 ug/ml *
Antiradicular 7 x quercetin *
Antiradicular IC50=4.9 uM *
Antiseptic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antistaphylococcic MIC=1,000 ug/ml *
Antitumor *
Antitumor-Promoter *
Antiviral *
Apoptotic *
Astringent Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Bacteristat Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bronchodilator Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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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 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 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 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 *