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Microbiological production of gallic acid fromRhus coriaria L.

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A tannase-producing strain ofAspergillus niger efficiently hydrolyses the gallotannins ofRhus coriaria. Optimization of fermentation parameters enables practically quantitative conversion of tannin to 98 % pure gallic acid to be achieved

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Pourrat, H., Regerat, F., Morvan, P. et al. Microbiological production of gallic acid fromRhus coriaria L. . Biotechnol Lett 9, 731–734 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024609

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