Fruit composition

Range peel ~50%: arils ~40%: seeds ~10% %
Organism Pomegranate Punica granatum
Reference Panth N, Manandhar B, Paudel KR. Anticancer Activity of Punica granatum (Pomegranate): A Review. Phytother Res. 2017 Apr31(4):568-578. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5784 p.569 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID28185340
Comments P.569 left column bottom paragraph: "Pomegranate (Punica granatum), a plant belonging to Punicaceae family, is a small tree or shrub and is believed to be indigenous of Afghanistan and Iran. However, it can be seen growing naturally in mild warm valleys as well as outer hills of the Himalayan range (Sadeghipour et al., 2014). The pomegranate fruit possesses therapeutically important constituents, varying slightly in different parts of the fruit itself. Fruit of pomegranate consists of the outer peel which encloses inner seeds and arils. The ratio of peel:arils:seeds is approximately 50%:40%:10%." Aril=outgrowth that covers seed
Entered by Uri M
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