Neyres Zínia Taveira de Jesus, Heloina de Souza Falcão, Isis Fernandes Gomes, Thiago Jose de Almeida Leite et al.
This review of the current literature aims to study correlations between the chemical structure and gastric anti-ulcer activity of tannins. Tannins are used in medicine primarily because of their astringent properties. These properties are due to the fact that tannins react with the tissue proteins ...