Regarding promising prospects of pomegranate phenolics, this review summarizes the available scientific information related to health promotion features of pomegranate-derived products and underlines the influence of multiple constituents on the observed biological actions, pointing out pomegranate juice as an interesting source to obtain health benefits.
The role of pomegranate on folk medicine has been largely established and in recent years a notable increase of scientific support has occurred. However, what is real? Evidence suggests that phenolic phytochemicals of pomegranate fruit, mainly anthocyanins and ellagitannins, could exert multiple therapeutic properties on health management as playing an essential role in oxidative stress balance, preventing important cardiovascular diseases, and fighting as chemoprotective agent against several kinds of cancer. In addition, pomegranate antioxidant bioactives also could possess a role as neuroprotectors in some neurological disorders just as broad antimicrobial activities among other beneficial implications.
