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Healthy Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) in Internal Medicine and Dentistry

Giulia Marrone
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Michele Basilicata
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Manuela Di Lauro
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Chiara Vita
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Claudia Masci
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Francesca Gioia Klinger
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Kevin Cornali
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Gianluca Maddaloni
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Patrizio Bollero
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Antonino De Lorenzo
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Annalisa Noce
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Version 1 : Received: 25 January 2024 / Approved: 26 January 2024 / Online: 29 January 2024 (02:03:38 CET)

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Marrone, G.; Basilicata, M.; Di Lauro, M.; Vita, C.; Masci, C.; Klinger, F.G.; Cornali, K.; Maddaloni, G.; Bollero, P.; De Lorenzo, A.; Noce, A. Healthy Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) in Internal Medicine and Dentistry. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 1570. Marrone, G.; Basilicata, M.; Di Lauro, M.; Vita, C.; Masci, C.; Klinger, F.G.; Cornali, K.; Maddaloni, G.; Bollero, P.; De Lorenzo, A.; Noce, A. Healthy Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) in Internal Medicine and Dentistry. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 1570.

Abstract

Punica granatum L., commonly known as pomegranate, is a typical fruit of Asia, Mediterranean countries, Middle East and USA areas. While in the ancient time pomegranate was considered an ornamental plant, nowadays numerous scientific studies have highlighted its antioxidant and anti-radical activities, up to consider pomegranate as a “superfood”. Pomegranate presents a high content of natural bioactive compounds (NBCs) and its consumption appears to exert numerous healthy beneficial effects, in particular, in several pathological conditions, namely in patients affected by metabolic syndrome, cancer, nephrolithiasis, urinary tract infections and neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, recent studies pointed out the possible beneficial action of pomegranate on oral health. For these reasons, the utility of pomegranate in internal medicine and in dentistry represents a promising field, as it could permit the development of innovative natural adjuvant therapies, able to empower the standard pharmaceutical therapies.

Keywords

ellagitannins; ellagic acid; circular economy; chronic non-communicable diseases; cancer; metabolic syndrome; oral health; periodontitis

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Dietetics and Nutrition

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