Pomegranate:Ancient Fruit of Life Yields Modern Promise.

Pomegranate Origin and History.

Pomegranate Extract Pomegranate Seed Extract Polyphenols Pomegranate Hull Extract Ellagic Acid INCI Name PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT EINECS ELINCS No 284-646-0 Ellagic acid 207-508-3 CAS 84961-57-9.Ellagic acid 476-66-4 Guava Extract photo picture image The Latin name of the tree was Malus punica, or Punicum Malum, the Lybian or Carthaginian apple; while the name of granatum was bestowed on account of its many seeds. Having no close relations, the tree has been placed by various authorities in different orders, some giving it an order of its own, Granateae.

Central Asia, probably Persia. Now cultivated in Western and Central Asia, Mediterranean countries and Northern India.

Pomegranate is a very popular fruit all over the Middle East. Though it can't be proven definitely, the fruit of the "Tree of Knowledge" mentioned in the biblical history of creation most probably was meant to be a pomegranate,though most Westerners would hardly believe it, it is nowhere said to be an apple! There is also a parallel in Greek mythology, where the earth goddess Demeter lost her daughter Persephone to the underworld god Hades because of one single pomegranate grain the daughter had accepted.

In the ongoing quest to find new supplements to help us lead longer, healthier lives, science often returns to things that have been used regularly for thousands of years. A case in point is the pomegranate, whose yellowish-pink, seedy fruit has been a staple of Asian diets since ancient times.

Appropriately, in ancient Greek myth, the pomegranate represents life and regeneration. Its herbal use dates back more than 3,000 years, but contemporary science has rediscovered the pomegranate's effectiveness in preventing a variety of potentially deadly diseases.

Dozens of recent studies reveal the pomegranate's surprising array of benefits. Pomegranates contain powerful antioxidants that appear to inhibit the onset of atherosclerosis, reduce the risk of heart disease, and mediate high blood pressure. Pomegranate extract also has demonstrated anticarcinogenic properties that are effective in suppressing a variety of cancers, including skin, breast, and colon cancers. The pomegranate has even shown effectiveness in alleviating depression in a mouse model of menopause.

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a hardy, long-lived subtropical shrub originating in semi-arid regions of Asia.3 It has been cultivated and naturalized over the whole of the Mediter-ranean region since ancient times. Pomegranates are mentioned in Egyptian papyrus scrolls dating back to 1550 BC, and pomegranate branches form part of the decorative motif on the pillars of King Solomon's temple.
Pomegranate Extract Pomegranate Seed Extract Polyphenols Pomegranate Hull Extract Ellagic Acid INCI Name PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT EINECS ELINCS No 284-646-0 Ellagic acid 207-508-3 CAS 84961-57-9.Ellagic acid 476-66-4 Guava Extract photo picture image

Etymology:

The name "pomegranate" is of ancient origin. In classical Latin, the fruit was known either as malum punicum or malum granatum. In these names, malum means "apple", granatum derives from granum "grain" and means "(multi)grained" (alluding to the many seed grains). The adjective punicus properly refers to Phoenicia in Asia Minor, but was in Latin more frequently used with respect to Carthage, a Phoenician colony in Northern Africa (also Rome's only source of Silphion); the Romans suspected pomegranate to be of African origin. The botanical genus name Punica is the feminine form of that adjective, as is appropriate for a fruit-bearing tree.

Names of pomegranate in contemporary West and Central European tongues are adaptations malum granatum, where the second part is retained whereas the first one usually gets translated, modified or omitted: Examples are German Granatapfel (from Apfel "apple") and Italian melograno (mela "apple", derived from Latin malum). The English name pomegranate has a similar structure, but contains Latin pomum "fruit, apple" (French pomme "apple") instead of malum; the Old English term is cornappla "grain-apple". In some Slavonic languages, the "apple",element is dropped completely, e.g., Russian granat.

In many European languages, the weapon shell has names similar to granate. These derive from the same Latin word granum "grain": The reference is to the many fragments resulting from the detonation of a shell. Remarkably, also in Hebrew the word rimon may mean both "pomegranate fruit" and "shell".

Some of the Indian names of pomegranate contain an element "sweet" derived from the Indo-European root MEDHU: Sanskrit madhubija and Tamil madulam. See bear's garlic and licorice for details.

Reference:

1.Pomegranate:Ancient Fruit of Life Yields Modern Promise.

last edit date:1st,Mar.2010.

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Name:Pomegranate Extract
Serie No:S-039.
Specifications:Polyphenols 40%,80%UV-VIS,Ellagic Acid 90%HPLC.
INCI Name:PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT
EINECS/ELINCS No.:284-646-0,Ellagic acid,207-508-3
CAS:84961-57-9,Ellagic acid.476-66-4
Chem/IUPAC Name:Punica Granatum Extract is an extract of the bark and fruits of the pomegranate,Punica granatum,Punicaceae

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