CHEMOPREVENTIVE STRATEGY IN POMEGRANATE(PUNICA GRANATUM): IMPLICATIONS FOR EVOLUTION AND TREATMENT

  • Mo, Huanbiao (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Texas Womans University) ;
  • Jiang, Wen (Metastasis Research Group, University Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicin) ;
  • Lansky, Ephraim (Rimonest Ltd., Science Park Technio) ;
  • Campbell, Moray (Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham)
  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is one of the worlds most ancient fruits, and also one of the most botanically isolated, comprising a single family (Punicae) with its rare relative, Punica protopunica, a species limited in occurrence to the island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen. Pomegranate, though, is extremely well known, flourishes in many parts of the world, is traditionally prized for its medicinal properties and widely regarded as Symbol: of fecundity, longevity, spirituality and Medicine.(omitted)

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