The Many Benefits of Pomegranate

The pomegranate or Punica granatum originates from Persia. It was cultivated over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times and became naturalized. It is extensively cultivated throughout India and the dry regions of southeast Asia, Malaya, the East Indies and tropical Africa.

Many of the plant’s components are used medicinally. For instance, pomegranate juice is rich in anthocyanins; the seed oil is rich in punicic acid; the peel or rind has phenolic punicaligans and gallic acid, the leaves have tannins, the flower has gallic acid, the roots and bark have ellagitannins.

Pomegranate extract is popularly standardized to 40% ellagic acid but …read more