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Research Insights for Pomegranate
Pomegranate extract could potentially benefit women's reproductive health, enhance fertility, regulate menstrual cycles, support pregnancy, and help treat polycystic ovary syndrome.
Breast Cancer PCOS Pomegranate
Pomegranate juice supplementation has been found to effectively decrease testosterone levels in overweight and obese women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome.
PCOS Pomegranate Testosterone
Pomegranate extract supplements can help improve clinical symptoms and lower blood cell counts associated with inflammation in patients with allergic asthma.
Asthma Pomegranate
Pomegranate and its by-products, particularly the peel, contain bioactive compounds with potential antimicrobial, anticancer and antiviral properties.
Antimicrobial Antiviral Pomegranate
Pomegranate and its active components can protect against natural and chemical toxic agents, impacting mechanisms such as oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, and liver or cardiac function regulation.
Oxidative Stress Pomegranate
Pomegranate fruit and its phytochemicals may offer a novel, natural alternative for the treatment of pathological anxiety, with fewer adverse effects than traditional medications.
Anxiety Pomegranate
Pomegranate juice, due to its unique bioactive compounds, could potentially alleviate complications related to SARS-CoV-2 infections, especially in patients with pre-existing chronic diseases.
COVID-19 Pomegranate
Pomegranate extract consumption improves antioxidant levels, reduces oxidative stress and cardiovascular risk factors including blood pressure and body fat, and increases lean body mass.
Cardiovascular Disease High Blood Pressure Pomegranate
Ellagic acid, found naturally in pomegranates, significantly inhibits growth and migration of gastric cancer cells without causing notable side effects.
Ellagic Acid Pomegranate Stomach Cancer
Ellagic acid, commonly found in various plant foods, can enhance cancer treatment by boosting the effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy while reducing their side effects.
Chemotherapy Ellagic Acid Pomegranate
Drinking pomegranate juice and sumac can help reduce symptoms in outpatients diagnosed with COVID-19, alongside standard treatment.
COVID-19 Pomegranate Sumac
Pomegranate demonstrates anti-proliferative, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory properties that can effectively control the progression of various respiratory diseases.
COPD Pomegranate
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Punicalagin, extracted from the fruit peel of Punica granatum, displays strong antifungal activity against Candida species, especially when combined with fluconazole.
2010 Research in Microbiology Potent antifungal activity of extracts and pure compound isolated from pomegranate peels and synergism with fluconazole against Candida albicans
Consumption of broccoli sprouts significantly lowers blood pressure, potentially due to properties of sulforaphane.
2022 Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products Beneficial Effects of Sulforaphane-Yielding Broccoli Sprout on Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Broccoli sprouts may reduce the viability of thyroid cancer cells and prevent inflammation, demonstrating a promising safety profile for normal thyroid function.
2022 Plants Broccoli Sprouts and Their Influence on Thyroid Function in Different In Vitro and In Vivo Models
Chronic consumption of cranberry or cherry juice might considerably improve blood pressure levels.
2020 European Journal of Nutrition Effects of chronic consumption of specific fruit (berries, citrus and cherries) on CVD risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Need observational study tag
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—Jinnan C 22 Jan 2024
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Case study?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
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—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
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