title: Medicinal importance of gallic acid and its ester derivatives: a patent review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
authors.forename: Lesley Rachel
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Varughese
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beniwal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004952:Esters; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D010330:Patents as Topic
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D004952:Esters; D005707:Gallic Acid
keywords: anti-inflammatory; antiangiogenic; antiarteriosclerosis; antibacterial; anticarcinogenic; anticholesterolemic; antioxidant; apoptosis; gallic acid; melanogenesis