Abstract

UTILIZATION OF NATURAL TANNINS FROM ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALIS TESTA FOR PRODUCING THE INDUSTRIALLY IMPORTANT GALLIC ACID THROUGH SUBMERGED FERMENTATION

Lokeshwari Nallabilli*

Abstract

Gallic acid has enormous application in many fields and is regarded as a non toxic substance to man. Furthermore, considerable health promoting effects have been ascribed to gallic acid. This work demonstrated the ability of microorganism to utilize cashew testa and crude intermediate product to produce gallic acid in a submerged fermentation system. Under optimal time, extraction of tannins experiment was carried out and estimation of concern byproduct was estimated.

Keywords: Microorganism, Gallic acid, Submerged Fermentation and Tannins.