GALLIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallic acid mean? 

• GALLIC ACID (noun)
  The noun GALLIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin

  Familiarity information: GALLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gallic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

A (-)-epicatechin with a galloyloxy (trihydroxybenzoyloxy) group instead of the hydroxyl group at C-3; (-)-epicatechin esterified with gallic acid (trihydroxybenzoid acid) at C-3.

(Epicatechin-3-Gallate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

In addition to vitamins, minerals and phytosterols, black raspberries are rich in phenolic acids, such as gallic acid, ellagic acid, proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids.

(Lyophilized Black Raspberry Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the active ingredients and exact components are unclear, gallic acid and its derivatives in DLBS-1425 appear to inhibit the phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway by reducing PI3K transcription followed by a reduction in AKT phosphorylation.

(Phaleria macrocarpa Extract DLBS-1425, NCI Thesaurus)