Pomegranate: A promising avenue against the most common chronic diseases and their associated risk factors (Review)

Pomegranate is an important source of several bioactive compounds with beneficial properties. As widely described in the literature, pomegranate can be considered as a functional food able to promote maintenance good health status. The present review article summarizes properties pomegranate, such antioxidant, anti?inflammatory, anti?aging, prebiotic and anticancer effects, well its protective role against metabolic disorders cardiovascular diseases. phytocompounds prevent development chronic Additionally, adjunct for current therapeutic strategies improve standard treatment efficacy reduce side?effects. However, further studies are required order better clarify mechanisms action synergistic effects phytochemicals contained pomegranate. According data, may promising avenue most common diseases, including cancer.