The power of the pomegranate: Biblical fruit with medicinal properties

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Horowitz, Sala ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH; HEART PROTECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POMEGRANATE; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

EID: 33745476226     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2006.12.121     Document Type: Review

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