What Is Ellagic Acid?

Ellagic acid is a polyphenol lactone, a dimeric derivative of gallic acid. Ellagic acid is a natural polyphenol component widely found in various soft fruit, nut and other plant tissues. The color reaction of elliptic acid with ferric chloride is blue, and yellow when it is sulfuric acid.

Ellagic acid has a variety of biologically active functions, such as antioxidant functions, anti-cancer, anti-mutation properties, and inhibitory effects on human immunodeficiency virus. In addition, ellagic acid is an effective coagulant, which has a good inhibitory effect on a variety of bacteria and viruses, can protect wounds from the invasion of bacteria, prevent infection, and inhibit ulcers. At the same time, studies have found that ellagic acid also has antihypertensive and sedative effects. ^[1]

Graviola (a plant grown in the tropical rain forest of the Amazon), after laboratory research by the United States HSI (Health Sciences Institute) and recent laboratory research by the Catholic University of South Korea, confirmed that Graviola's efficacy in killing intestinal cancer Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is 10,000 times stronger. Of course, natural plant treatments do not cause side effects, such as nausea, hair loss, weight loss and decreased immunity caused by drug treatment.

The United States NCI (National Cancer Institute) began a comprehensive research test on Graviola as early as 1976, proving that this ingredient has obvious effects on many cancers, including: breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer, Skin cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc. Indole-3 Carbinol (I3C) is an herbal chemical ingredient extracted from cruciferous plants (green broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, radishes, cabbage, green cabbage, mustard, etc.).

Since 1983, many natural medicine, nutrition, and anti-cancer natural therapies have a large number of research reports, pointing out: I3C has been shown in laboratory culture blood to transform strong estrogen into weak estrogen, thereby inhibiting the growth of MCF7 breast cancer cells The effective rate is as high as 90%. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy not only kill cancer cells, but also kill good cells and destroy the immune system. The naturally-derived ellagic acid compound only destroys bad cells in the body (the human body metabolizes daily products from thousands to tens of thousands of cancer cells), and does not damage the good cells in the body. Therefore, the usual intake of this nutrient can prevent the formation of cancer cells, and it is also the best natural supplement food to fight cancer.

In the 1950s, research on ellagic acid began abroad, and in the 1980s it was used in clinical trials abroad. In the past ten years, due to the discovery of the antimutagenic and anticancer effects of ellagic acid and its properties as an inhibitor of chemical carcinogens, it has attracted greater attention. Research on the physiological effects and mechanism of ellagic acid has also received more and more attention.

At this stage, many foreign research institutions have developed ellagic acid dietary resources, making use of ellagic acid's antioxidant effect to make it widely used in food, medical, and pharmaceutical fields. Elliptic acid is a best-selling two-way genetically modified anti-cancer health product in the United States and other developed countries, and the price of products on the international market is very high. The domestic development of ellagic acid is in the research and development stage. ^[2]