What is Pomegranate Extract Ellagic Acid?
Ellagic Acid is a nutraceutical, naturally occurring phenolic compound that has very effective and potent anti-oxidant properties. This compound is especially concentrated in raspberries, grapes, and nuts. It is also present in strawberries, pomegranates, and cranberries. Several studies have found that it may possess cancer-fighting potential, making it a potent anti-carcinogen. Ellagic Acid has the ability to prevent mutations within a cell’s DNA. Studies suggest it inhibits the growth of tumors and actually triggers cell death in cancer, making it an anti-cancer inhibitor, which is adept in causing apoptosis or normal death in cancer cells. In addition, studies discovered it has anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. Healthy cells have a normal life cycle. This process ends with what is called apoptosis (normal cell death). The body replenishes these dying cells with new and healthy ones; however, the same is not true for cancer cells, since such cells do not have a normal life c
