The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties
Pomegranate is a fruit bearing-plant that is well known for its medicinal properties. Pomegranate is a good source of phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonoids. Pomegranate juice and by-products have attracted the scientific interest due to their potential health benefits. Currently, the medical commu...
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| author | Panagiota D. Pantiora Alexandros I. Balaouras Ioanna K. Mina Christoforos I. Freris Athanasios C. Pappas Georgios P. Danezis Evangelos Zoidis Constantinos A. Georgiou |
| author_facet | Panagiota D. Pantiora Alexandros I. Balaouras Ioanna K. Mina Christoforos I. Freris Athanasios C. Pappas Georgios P. Danezis Evangelos Zoidis Constantinos A. Georgiou |
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| description | Pomegranate is a fruit bearing-plant that is well known for its medicinal properties. Pomegranate is a good source of phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonoids. Pomegranate juice and by-products have attracted the scientific interest due to their potential health benefits. Currently, the medical community has showed great interest in exploiting pomegranate potential as a protective agent against several human diseases including cancer. This is demonstrated by the fact that there are more than 800 reports in the literature reporting pomegranate’s anticancer properties. This review is an update on the research outcomes of pomegranate’s potential against different types of human diseases, emphasizing on cancer. In addition, perspectives of potential applications of pomegranate, as a natural additive aiming to improve the quality of animal products, are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09a783b09dbb4364a7376b1591e6b3fa2023-11-30T20:59:34ZengMDPI AGAntioxidants2076-39212023-01-0112118710.3390/antiox12010187The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer PropertiesPanagiota D. Pantiora0Alexandros I. Balaouras1Ioanna K. Mina2Christoforos I. Freris3Athanasios C. Pappas4Georgios P. Danezis5Evangelos Zoidis6Constantinos A. Georgiou7Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceChemistry Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceChemistry Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreecePomegranate is a fruit bearing-plant that is well known for its medicinal properties. Pomegranate is a good source of phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonoids. Pomegranate juice and by-products have attracted the scientific interest due to their potential health benefits. Currently, the medical community has showed great interest in exploiting pomegranate potential as a protective agent against several human diseases including cancer. This is demonstrated by the fact that there are more than 800 reports in the literature reporting pomegranate’s anticancer properties. This review is an update on the research outcomes of pomegranate’s potential against different types of human diseases, emphasizing on cancer. In addition, perspectives of potential applications of pomegranate, as a natural additive aiming to improve the quality of animal products, are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/1/187animalantioxidantcancerflavonoidshealthpolyphenolic compounds |
| spellingShingle | Panagiota D. Pantiora Alexandros I. Balaouras Ioanna K. Mina Christoforos I. Freris Athanasios C. Pappas Georgios P. Danezis Evangelos Zoidis Constantinos A. Georgiou The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties Antioxidants animal antioxidant cancer flavonoids health polyphenolic compounds |
| title | The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties |
| title_full | The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties |
| title_fullStr | The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties |
| title_short | The Therapeutic Alliance between Pomegranate and Health Emphasizing on Anticancer Properties |
| title_sort | therapeutic alliance between pomegranate and health emphasizing on anticancer properties |
| topic | animal antioxidant cancer flavonoids health polyphenolic compounds |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/1/187 |
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