The isolation, characterization and quantification of gallic acid from the fruit extract of Terminalia chebula

Sravan Kumar Reddy Theepireddy¹, Ramakrishna Chinthala*¹, L. Vaikunta Rao³, V. V. Kurisetty², Rathanakar Reddy Kura², MallikarjunaRao Duvvada^1
1Department of Environmental Studies, GITAM Institute of Sciences, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam-530045, India.
²Hetero Research Foundation, Plot No. B 80 and 81 A.P.I.E, Balanagar Hyderabad-500018, India.
³Department of Chemistry, GITAM Institute of Sciences, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam-530045, India.

A B S T R A C T
Terminalia chebula (Combretaceae) is a well-known medicinal plant commonly used in phytomedicine to cure diseases in Ayurveda, unani and homeopathic system of medicine. Chemical investigation of bioactive constituents from dried seeds of Terminalia chebula afforded gallic acid as one of the major constituent. Gallic acid was isolated and the structural elucidation was done using ¹H, ¹³C NMR spectroscopic technique in combination with UV, IR and Mass spectral data.
Keywords: Terminalia chebula, Gallic acid, isolation, structural elucidation.