Pomegranate and its Many Functional Components as Related to Human Health: A Review

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-654

  Viuda Martos, M ^a   Fernandez Loaez J ^a   Perez alvarez J A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTIDIABETIC; ELLAGITANNINS; FRESH FRUITS; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; HEALTH BENEFITS; HUMAN HEALTH; HYPOLIPIDEMIC; IN-VITRO; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHYTOCHEMICALS; POLYPHENOLS;

HEALTH; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 79951776922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2010.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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