Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has been used widely in the traditional medicine of various civilizations for more than 5000 years. The pomegranate tree has several parts; each part has useful medicinal effects. Previous studies have demonstrated the antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties of pomegranate. The aim of the present study was to determine whether administration...

Background/Aim: Due to the numerous beneficial effects of pomegranate that can be explained through its antioxidative effects, aim this study was determine antioxidant potential peel extract (PoPEx) prepared from harvested in southeast region Herze-govina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), vitro vivo studies. Methods: In PoPEx total phenols, flavonoids, flavonols, flavan-3-ols antho-cyanins content dete...

BACKGROUND There are severe adverse effects of analgesic drugs on human body. Extraction of analgesic drugs from natural products has therefore become the prime objective of the study. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the pomegranate fruit. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antinociceptive activity of ethanol pomegranate extract was examined using three models of pain: ...

The health benefits associated with pomegranate juice have led to the development of pomegranate extracts as botanical dietary supplements. Pomegranates contain hydrolyzable tannins in the form of punicalagins and punicalin as well as tannin-based complex oligomers that account for much of the antioxidant activity in juice. The content of ellagic acid has been used to standardize most pomegrana...

Heat treatment of persimmon peel (PP) increased the antioxidative activity of the 70% ethanolic extract (EE) and water extract (WE) from PP. EE and WE both prevented H2O2-induced DNA damage to human peripheral lymphocytes. The antioxidative and antigenotoxic activities of the PP extracts were significantly affected by heating.