Pomegranate juice and prostate cancer: Importance of the characterisation of the active principle

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1676-1678

  Chrubasik Hausmann, Sigrun ^a   Vlachojannis, Christian ^a   Zimmermann, Benno ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Institut Prof Dr Kurz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Ellagic acid; Polyphenols; Pomegranate; Prostate cancer; Punicalagin

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ELLAGIC ACID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PUNICALAGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYPHENOL; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG DETERMINATION; FOLIN CIOCALTEU METHOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PROSTATE CANCER; TREND STUDY; ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; LYTHRACEAE; PROSTATE TUMOR;

LYTHRACEAE;

ANTHOCYANINS; BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELLAGIC ACID; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; MALE; POLYPHENOLS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUNICACEAE;

EID: 84915815007     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5181     Document Type: Article

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