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Medicinal importance of gallic acid and its ester derivatives: a patent review

    Sneha Choubey

    Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

    ,
    Lesley Rachel Varughese

    Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

    ,
    Vinod Kumar

    Department of Chemistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

    &
    Vikas Beniwal

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: beniwalvikash@gmail.com

    Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.4155/ppa.15.14

    Gallic acid and its derivatives have a large number of applications in various fields of science. In nature, these compounds are widely distributed in plants and fruits, and thus they are being used as food stuffs, preservatives, etc. directly or indirectly by human community. They have also been implicated as anticarcinogenic, antimicrobial, antimutagenic, antiangiogenic and anti-inflammatory agents besides their use in treating critical diseases like depression, cancer, microbial infections, lipid-related diseases, etc. Herein, an attempt has been made to summarize the important uses of gallic acid derivatives which have extensively been disclosed particularly in various patents. This review would certainly create a great interest of the scientific community toward the developments and uses of gallic acid based compounds in the future.

    Papers of special note have been highlighted as: • of interest; •• of considerable interest

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