gallic acid monohydrate

Drug ingredient

CAS 5995-86-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

Molecular structure of 5995-86-8 — 1 H₂O

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$122M

Top sourceSouth Korea 39%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291829 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 85 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore

United Kingdom
Germany
Malaysia
Mexico
Ireland
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Spain

10 FDA-registered drug labelers

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Boiron

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Energetix Corporation

Energique, Inc.

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

NaturalCare

NET Remedies

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Vitality Works, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 12 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Cand Plus
•Vitalizer
•Earth
•Aller-Chord F
•ENT Support
•THY-Plex
•Acidum Gallicum
•Respiratory Plus

Show all 12

•Opsin I 6014
•Multi-Phenolic
•Gallicum acidum
•No More Monsters

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Chemical Identity

CAS5995-86-8

PubChem CID24721416

DTXSIDDTXSID90975374

FormulaC7H8O6

Mol. Weight188.13 g/mol

SMILESC1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O.O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 24721416Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

gallic acid monohydrate (CAS 5995-86-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5995-86-8/ PubChem: 24721416. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24721416 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 5995-86-8. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 5995-86-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/