Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
ellagic acid
A crystalline phenolic dilactone (Cl
4
H
6
O
8
) obtained from oak galls and bark and probably formed by the hydrolysis of tannin. See also:
VEGETABLE TANNINS
.
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