Pomegranate (Punica granatum) as Resources of Phytoestrogen and Anticancer Substances
2007
Song, B.H. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected] | Tran, Hoang Ngoc Ai (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Bae, S.Y. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea)
Punica granatum, L. (Pomegranate) has 613 seeds which accidentally corresponds to the 613 commandments in the Bible. Accordingly, the fruit has been worshipped by the Jewish and other religious people from the ancient. Pomegranate's seed, peel and juice contain a variety of ethnomedical components so much as the sum of three kinds of other common fruits. The number of published papers related to the pomegranate in recent 7 years flourished 7 times more than before at the bases of Medline record.
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