ELLAGIC ACID


Meaning of ELLAGIC ACID in English

ə̇]|lajik-, e] noun

Etymology: French ellagique, from ellag (anagram of galle gallnut, gall) + -ique -ic — more at gall (excrescence)

: a crystalline phenolic dilactone C 14 H 6 O 8 obtained from bezoar stones, oak galls, and many tannins and made by oxidation of gallic acid

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