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. 2014 Apr 10;2014:686921. doi: 10.1155/2014/686921

Table 1.

Principal constituents of different parts of pomegranate tree and fruit. The different parts of pomegranate plant like peel, root, bark, flower, leaves, and so forth exhibit different phytochemicals.

Pomegranate peel Pomegranate juice Pomegranate root
and bark
Pomegranate flower Pomegranate leaves Pomegranate seed
(i) Gallic acid
(ii) Ellagic acid
(iii) Punicalin
(iv) Punicalagin
(v) Caffeic acid
(vi) Ellagitannins
(vii) Pelletierine alkaloids
(viii) Luteolin
(ix) Kaempferol
(x) Quercetin
(i) Simple sugars
(ii) Aliphatic organic acids
(iii) Gallic acid
(iv) Ellagic acid
(v) Quinic acid
(vi) Flavonols
(vii) Amino acids
(viii) Minerals
(ix) EGCG
(x) Ascorbic acid
(i) Ellagitannins
(ii) Piperidine alkaloids
(iii) Pyrrolidine alkaloid
(iv) Pelletierine alkaloids
(i) Gallic acids
(ii) Ursolic acid
(iii) Triterpenoids
(iv) Fatty acids
(i) Carbohydrates
(ii) Reducing sugars
(iii) Sterols
(iv) Saponins
(v) Flavanoids
(vi) Tannins
(vii) Piperidine alkaloids
(viii) Flavone
(ix) Glycoside
(x) Ellagitannins
(i) 3,3′-Di-O-methylellagic acid
(ii) 3,3′,4′-Tri-O-methylellagic acid
(iii) Punicic acid
(iv) Oleic acid
(v) Palmitic acid
(vi) Stearic acid
(vii) Linoleic acid
(viii) Sterols
(ix) Tocopherols
(x) Sex steroids

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