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A type of phenolic acid which is also a type of organic acid found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, and oak bark is very much known as gallic acid. Gallic acid is commonly used in pharmaceutical industry as it is used for determining the phenol content and also can be used as a starting material in the synthesis of alkaloid mescaline. Gallic acid is known for its anti fungal and anti viral properties as it is an antioxidant which helps to reduce to protect the human cells against the oxidative damage. Without harming any of the healthy cells these are this gallic acid is found to show cytotoxicity against cancer cells. The process from which this gallic acid is obtained is with using hydrolysis of tannic acid with sulfuric acid. Gallic acid has two functional group containing the same molecule, hydroxyl group and carboxylic acid group which are very much important as it can yield number of esters and salts including digallic acid. The main use of this gallic acid is required in perfumery as well as in pharmaceutical industry.A phytochemical found in tissue of plants which are free compound and also component of plant polymer tannin. Gallic acid is found in plants and have large amount of concentrations including blueberries, tea leaves etc and also used for researching in laboratories. Gallic acid acts as an antioxidant by protecting the cells against oxidative agents and also is used as remote astringent in cases like internal hemorrhage. Most important fact about gallic acid is that it is used in the preparation of inks and dyes as it has no astringent taste. Plants are highly known for the amount or the content of gallic acid which is present in large quantities. Gallic acid has many of the benefits which are it helps to cure cancer and neural disorders as it is anti inflammatory towards zymosan. One of the product which is known as dark chocolate contains gallic acid which thus helps to protect from sun and also reduces the roughness.
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