Pomegranate fruit as a rich source of biologically active compounds

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sreekumar, Sreeja ^a   Sithul, Hima ^a   Muraleedharan, Parvathy ^a   Azeez, Juberiya Mohammed ^a   Sreeharshan, Sreeja ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CALCIUM; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; ESTRADIOL; GALLIC ACID; GELATINASE B; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; METHANOL; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; QUINIC ACID; TAMOXIFEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VASCULOTROPIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; BARK; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; UTERUS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; LYTHRACEAE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FRUIT; PHYTOESTROGENS; PUNICACEAE; TREES;

EID: 84900000170     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/686921     Document Type: Review

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