Biological Potential of Ethyl Gallate

Abstract

Most of the drugs have side effects in patients due to drug induced toxicity. The drug induced toxicity has to be reduced by addition of antioxidants which are available naturally. For example, ethyl gallate is one of the promising agents which has great antioxidant properties. Apart from antioxidant properties, it has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-HIV properties. Combination dosing of drugs with ethyl gallate will reduce the drug induced toxicity by improving their actual potency. The motive of this review is to understand the importance of ethyl gallate showing antioxidant activity which when induced with a certain drug, decreases the toxic effects of drugs and has beneficial properties such as anti-inflammation and anti-HIV. The major benefit of ethyl gallate is that it is available in many natural products and can be obtained easily.