ellagic acid

[ uh-laj-ik ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a yellow crystalline substance, C 14 H 6 O 8 , isolated from oak galls and tannins and used as a hemostatic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ellagic acid¹

1800–10; < French ellagique, equivalent to ellag- anagram of galle gall ³ + -ique -ic

Example Sentences

It is known technically as bloom and chemically as ellagic acid.

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This operation has for its object the removal of bloom (ellagic acid) and any other superfluous adherent matter.

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It deposits much bloom (ellagic acid) and is largely used for brightening the dark colour produced by other tannins.

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Pyrogallols yield ellagic acid (called "bloom" in the trade), which improves the waterproof qualities of leather.

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Another of these substances is ellagic acid C14H6O8, a double lactone of a hexa-hydroxy-diphenyldicarboxylic acid.

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