What is Pomegranate?

Pomegranate, also known as punica granatum is a small berry-like fruit with seeds encased in a thick red rind`. It originates from the middle east and its health benefits include a high concentration of nitrates, polyphenol compounds and antioxidants.

Pomegranate juice is produced from the first press of squeezing the whole fruit which can then turn into a liquid extract by extracting the remaining fruit and after additional pressing and further resin purification and drying a powdered extract of pomegranate is produced which can be standardised to a high concentration of polyphenols [1].

What does 90& ellagic acid mean?

The pomegranate extract is standardised to contain 90% ellagic acid. Ellagic acid is one of the active compounds within pomegranate that provides it health benefits.

Ellagic acid can help support the flow of nutrients to muscles to support physical aerobic capacty.

Studies on pomegranate

[1]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/effects-of-pomegranate-supplementation-on-exercise-performance-and-postexercise-recovery-in-healthy-adults-a-systematic-review/30D2E092793C074A8F673B5987D96D2D

[2]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16626982/

[3]https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/apnm-2014-0137

[4]https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/4/721?uid=563b4f0a2a#B44-nutrients-11-00721

[5]https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160305

[6]https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/8/819

[7]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384863/#ref33

[8]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1186/1550-2783-12-S1-P56#d1e263