| abstract |
The present invention relates to new pomegranate extracts compositions completely free of any kind of organic solvent, soluble in cold water in high concentration, with very low sugar content and specially standardized to punicalagins to mimics the natural profile of phytochemicals present in the natural pomegranate juice obtained from whole pomegranate fruits, and its addition to nutritional products producing functional foods and beverages with increased antioxidant capacity to be used as a source of punicalagins for preventing or treating hypercholesterolemia and/or hypertension, thanks to the nutritional supply of a punicalagins rich composition. |