Pomegranate fruit
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is considered one of the oldest known edible fruit that is mentioned in the Koran, the Bible, the Jewish Torah, and the Babylonian Talmud as “Food of Gods” that is symbolic of plentyness, fertility and prosperity.(45) They are widely cultivated in Iran, India, and the Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, and Morocco.(46,47,48)
The pomegranate fruit is berry-like with a leathery rind enclosing many seeds surrounded by fleshy outer seed coats, juicy arils.(49) Pomegranate fruits are globally consumed fresh, in such processed forms as juice, molasses, jam, jelly, oil and in extract supplements.(50) It is important for its nutritional, medicinal and ornamental properties and its high consumption and industrial value.(51)
Pomegranate content
The fruit of the pomegranate (about 50% of total pomegranate weight) comprises 80% juice and 20% seeds; the fresh juice contains 85% water, 10% total sugars (glucose, sucrose, and fructose), and 1.5% pectin, organic acids (citric, malic, tartaric, succinic, fumaric, ascorbic acid), fatty acids (conjugated linoleic acid, linoleic acid, punicic acid and eleostearic acid), amino acids (proline, valin, glutamic acid, aspartic acid and methionine) and polyphenols. The soluble …show more content…
Nawadays, considerable attention has been devoted to medicinal plants particularly rich in polyphenols which exhibit antioxidant properties due to their hydrogen-donating capacity.(58,59) Pomegranate fruit, juice and peel possess a marked antioxidant capacity.(60) As it has a high content of polyphenols, in particular, ellagitannins, condensed tannins and anthocyanins.(61) Some of these antioxidant molecules have been shown to be bioavailable and safe.(62) The combination of various types of polyphenols makes the pomegranate antioxidants unique and different from other antioxidants by having a much wider spectrum of action against several and not just one type of free
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is considered one of the oldest known edible fruit that is mentioned in the Koran, the Bible, the Jewish Torah, and the Babylonian Talmud as “Food of Gods” that is symbolic of plentyness, fertility and prosperity.(45) They are widely cultivated in Iran, India, and the Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, and Morocco.(46,47,48)
The pomegranate fruit is berry-like with a leathery rind enclosing many seeds surrounded by fleshy outer seed coats, juicy arils.(49) Pomegranate fruits are globally consumed fresh, in such processed forms as juice, molasses, jam, jelly, oil and in extract supplements.(50) It is important for its nutritional, medicinal and ornamental properties and its high consumption and industrial value.(51)
Pomegranate content
The fruit of the pomegranate (about 50% of total pomegranate weight) comprises 80% juice and 20% seeds; the fresh juice contains 85% water, 10% total sugars (glucose, sucrose, and fructose), and 1.5% pectin, organic acids (citric, malic, tartaric, succinic, fumaric, ascorbic acid), fatty acids (conjugated linoleic acid, linoleic acid, punicic acid and eleostearic acid), amino acids (proline, valin, glutamic acid, aspartic acid and methionine) and polyphenols. The soluble …show more content…
Nawadays, considerable attention has been devoted to medicinal plants particularly rich in polyphenols which exhibit antioxidant properties due to their hydrogen-donating capacity.(58,59) Pomegranate fruit, juice and peel possess a marked antioxidant capacity.(60) As it has a high content of polyphenols, in particular, ellagitannins, condensed tannins and anthocyanins.(61) Some of these antioxidant molecules have been shown to be bioavailable and safe.(62) The combination of various types of polyphenols makes the pomegranate antioxidants unique and different from other antioxidants by having a much wider spectrum of action against several and not just one type of free