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Pomegranate-derived phytochemicals, specifically anthocyanins (ATs) and urolithins (metabolites of hydrolyzable tannins), exhibit anti-cancer and cardioprotective bioactivities through mechanisms including aromatase inhibition, apoptosis induction, and oxidative stress reduction.

This paper reviews laboratory and animal studies showing that compounds in pomegranate (like anthocyanins and urolithins) can inhibit cancer cell growth and support heart health in controlled settings. However, it explicitly notes that these findings have not been confirmed in human clinical trials. Do not use pomegranate supplements as a treatment for cancer or heart disease without consulting a physician, as the clinical efficacy and dosage protocols for humans are not established.

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Emerging experimental evidence has suggested that urolithins play a major role in the anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging activities of pomegranate fruit and products... ATs can quench free radicals... inhibit the activity of xanthine oxidase... and chelate metal ions... urolithins... competitively inhibited and most effectively suppressed the aromatase activity... induced apoptosis in the LNCaP cells
Sheng Wu et al. · Molecules · 2017

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Evidence is derived entirely from in vitro cell lines and animal models; no human clinical trials are reported.

Source

Diverse Phytochemicals and Bioactivities in the Ancient Fruit and Modern Functional Food Pomegranate (Punica granatum)

Sheng Wu et al. · Molecules · 2017

DOI 10.3390/molecules22101606

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