Definition
ChEBI: Sodium gallate is an organic sodium salt resulting from the replacement of the proton from the carboxy group of gallic acid by a sodium ion. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent, an antioxidant, an apoptosis inducer, an astringent, a cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor, a human xenobiotic metabolite and an EC 1.13.11.33 (arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase) inhibitor. It contains a gallate.
