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    Tannins have several medical and industrial uses. Medically, they are used to treat varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, minor burns, frostbite, diarrhea, gum inflammation, and some are being studied for their antiviral properties including against AIDS. Industrially, tannins are used in dyeing, tanning leather, clarifying beer and wine, photography, rubber manufacturing, making imitation tortoiseshell, and as reagents for detecting proteins. Tannins work by precipitating proteins and combining with them to make them resistant to enzymes, which is useful for tanning leather and has antiseptic properties for wound treatment. Different tannins produce different types of leathers and colors. T

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    Tannins have several medical and industrial uses. Medically, they are used to treat varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, minor burns, frostbite, diarrhea, gum inflammation, and some are being studied for their antiviral properties including against AIDS. Industrially, tannins are used in dyeing, tanning leather, clarifying beer and wine, photography, rubber manufacturing, making imitation tortoiseshell, and as reagents for detecting proteins. Tannins work by precipitating proteins and combining with them to make them resistant to enzymes, which is useful for tanning leather and has antiseptic properties for wound treatment. Different tannins produce different types of leathers and colors. T

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    Tannins have several medical and industrial uses. Medically, they are used to treat varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, minor burns, frostbite, diarrhea, gum inflammation, and some are being studied for their antiviral properties including against AIDS. Industrially, tannins are used in dyeing, tanning leather, clarifying beer and wine, photography, rubber manufacturing, making imitation tortoiseshell, and as reagents for detecting proteins. Tannins work by precipitating proteins and combining with them to make them resistant to enzymes, which is useful for tanning leather and has antiseptic properties for wound treatment. Different tannins produce different types of leathers and colors. T

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    Uses of Tannins

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    Tannins have several medical and industrial uses. Medically, they are used to treat varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, minor burns, frostbite, diarrhea, gum inflammation, and some are being studied for their antiviral properties including against AIDS. Industrially, tannins are used in dyeing, tanning leather, clarifying beer and wine, photography, rubber manufacturing, making imitation tortoiseshell, and as reagents for detecting proteins. Tannins work by precipitating proteins and combining with them to make them resistant to enzymes, which is useful for tanning leather and has antiseptic properties for wound treatment. Different tannins produce different types of leathers and colors. T

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    USES OF TANNINS

    Tannins are used in the treatment of varicose ulcers, hemorrhoids, minor burns, frostbite as well as inflammation of gums. Internally tannins are administered in cases of diarrhoea and intestinal catarrh. In recent years, these compounds have demonstrated their antiviral activities for treatment of viral diseases including AIDS. Tannins are used as mordant in dyeing, sizing paper and silk, and for printing fabrics. It is used along with gelatin and albumin for manufacture of imitation horn and tortoise shell. Tannins are also used for clarifying beer or wine, in photography or as a coagulant in rubber manufacture. Tannins precipitate proteins from solution and can combine with proteins, rendering them resistant to proteolytic enzymes. When applied to living tissues, this action is known as an astringent action and forms the basis for the therapeutic application of tannins. The ability of tannins to precipitate proteins is also utilized in the process of vegetable tanning, which converts animal hides to leather. The tannin not only affects the pliancy and toughness of the leather but also acts as a preservative because of its antiseptic qualities. Various types of tannins produce a variety of leathers; thus, certain hydrolyzable types form a bloom, whereas the nonhydrolyzable types produce the tanners red. The deeply colored compounds obtained with iron salts have been used on a commercial scale in the manufacture of inks. Because of their precipitating qualities, solutions of tannins are utilized in the laboratory as reagents for the detection of gelatin, proteins, and alkaloids. In the antidotal treatment of alkaloidal poisoning, tanning solutions are extremely valuable for inactivating the alkaloid by the formation of insoluble tannate. Also, tannins have antibacterial action against Staphylococcus aureus. Tannin-bearing drugs, such as hammelis and nutgall, as well as partially purified tannins (tannic acid) and their derivatives (acetyltannic acid), are used in medicine as astringents in the gastrointestinal tract and on skin abrasions. In the treatment of burns, the proteins of the exposed tissues are precipitated and form a mildly antiseptic, protective coat under which the regeneration of new tissues may take place. Condensed tannins are very effective antioxidant which is widely believed to be an important line of defense against oxidative damage, and has been implicated in a range of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and aging. They also serve as active free-radical scavengers and as a metal ion chelators, tannins can alter the redox potential of the metal or prevent its participation in redox reaction.

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