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. 2020 Oct 14;25(20):4690. doi: 10.3390/molecules25204690

Table 3.

Phytochemical constituents in different parts of the pomegranate plant (P. granatum L.) [45,65].

Plant Part Constituents
Roots and bark Ellagitannins, including punicalagin and punicalin, and several piperidine alkaloids.
Leaf Tannins (which include punicafolin and punicalin), flavone glycosides, luteolin and apigenin, and brevifolin carboxylic acid.
Pericarp (Peel) Ellagitannins (punicalin and punicalagin), gallic acid and other fatty acids, catechin and epicatechin, quercetin, rutin and other flavonols, flavones, flavonones, procanthocyanidins, and anthocyanidins.
Flower Gallic acid, triterpenoids, and ursolic acids, including maslinic and asiatic acids.
Seed oil Punicic acid, hydroxybenzoic acids (gallic and ellagic), other fatty acids, sterols (daucosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, beta-sitosterol), and γ-tocopherol.
Juice Procanthocyanidins and anthocyanins, ellagitannins (punicalin and punicalagin), glucose, ascorbic acid, ellagic acid, gallic acid, caffeic acid, catechin and epicatechin, quercetin, rutin, amino acids (methionine, proline, and valine), and many minerals especially irons.