Pomegranate as a promising opportunity in medicine and nanotechnology

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-73

  Karimi, Mahsan ^a   Sadeghi, Rohollah ^a   Kokini, Jozef ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antimicrobial agent; Nanodelivery system; Nanoparticles; Pomegranate

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; FORESTRY; FREE RADICALS; FRUITS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORCHARDS; PHENOLS;

ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS; ANTICANCER; CARCINOGENIC PROPERTIES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS; NANO-DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; POMEGRANATE;

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS;

EID: 85028972339     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.08.019     Document Type: Review

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