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Tannic acid

noun
1.
Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine.  Synonym: tannin.






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"Tannic acid" Quotes from Famous Books



... recommended, so that the protoplasm and nucleus remain quite uncoloured. Artificial products with this method cannot entirely be excluded, and, e.g. in plant-cells containing tannin, are to be explained by the production and precipitation of the salt of tannic acid. However it is not difficult for the experienced to recognise artificial products as such in individual cases. The kind of granulation, the typical distribution, a comparison with neighbouring cells, the combination of various methods, the comparison of the same object under vital and "survival" ...
— Histology of the Blood - Normal and Pathological • Paul Ehrlich

... is advisable to protect the part against water, filth and air. Powders and ointments may be used during the early stages of the inflammation. Two parts boric acid, four parts flour, and one part tannic acid may be dusted over the moist surface. One part zinc oxide and twelve parts vaseline is a useful ointment. Scratching the part should be controlled in every case by muzzles, collars and bandages. Dirt and scales may be removed from ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

... nature, and introduce a possible element of danger to the wearer of the dyed article. For many years, almost the only method of dyeing cotton goods with the aniline colors consisted in a preliminary steeping in sumac or tannic acid, followed by a passage in some suitable compound of tin, and subsequent dyeing in the coloring matter. Sumac and tin have been used for two hundred years or more as the dyer's basis for a considerable number of shades of color from old dye-stuffs; ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Tannic acid" :   kutch, phenol, tannin, cutch, catechin



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