What is Punica granatum?

Punica granatum , also known as a pomegranate, is a woody shrub originating in the Persian plateau of Southwest Asia, but now it is widely grown throughout East India, Southeast Asia, South Europe, Latin America and Mediterranean. The plant is well known for its spectacular, bright red flowers and some cultivars are grown exclusively for this purpose. Punica granatum , however, also produces edible berries with many seeds of apple. In fact, the name "pomegranate" is derived from Latin words pomum and granatus , which translate into "apple" and "deployed". For example, pomegranate juice and seeds give a distinctive taste ash-e anar , a popular Iranian soup that combines spicy beef and yellow peas. In Turkey, a pomegranate sauce is used as a salad dressing and a marinade of equally incorporated with fish. In India and Pakistan, dried seeds are added to curry and chutney. On the other hand, the pomegranate was not in uSA and Canada widely known until the beginning of the 21st century, where its culinary use is largely limited as a drink.

Punica granatum provides significant nutritional value. The seeds have a high fiber content, while the juice is abundant in vitamin C, potassium acid and pantothenic acid. Pomenet apples also provide polyphenols, catechins and gallocatechins with antioxidant properties similar to properties found in green tea. Especially interesting is a group of tannins specific to grenades apple known as punicagins, which have shown the activity of free radicals in humans and in laboratory tissues.

In Ayurvedic medicine with fruit and bark Punica granatum has been used as herbal drugs for thousands of years. Today herbal trees prepared from plant extracts from this small tree are still used in this traditional medicine system to strengthen withRDCE, eliminate intestinal parasites and to treat gastrointestinal disorders, including severe diarrhea associated with consideration. Medicles made of juice and bark are also used to stop gingle and nosebleed bleeding and in combination with mustard oil to treat hemorrhoids. The juice is also made of eye eye that heals cataracts.

Several studies have shown that some of these and other health claims have considerable merit. For example, it has been shown that pomegranate juice inhibits oxidation of low -density lipoproteins, indicating the potential benefits of preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases. A small study conducted by Israeli scientists and published in the magazine atherosclerosis revealed that the daily consumption of pomegranate juice significantly reduced blood pressure in patients with hypertension within 14 days. Juice has ALSO has been shown to help reduce plaque development and also control viral infections. In addition, 20 clinical trials registered at National Health Institutes in ROCE 2009 examines potential for pomegranate and seed extracts to deal with a number of other conditions, including brain damage, diabetes, kidney disease, atherosclerosis and prostate cancer.