Journal of Academia and Industrial Resear Volume 5, Issue 9 February 2017 ©Youth Education and Research Trust (YERT Punica granatum: A Review on Dept. of Biochemistry, Sacred Heart C aru _________________________________ Our world is rich in herbal plants and product consists of herbs and every has been carried out either to charac the compounds responsible for thos and attributed overall positive healt plants used in traditional medical tr cure diseases or relieve pain. Pome and fruit. The name ‘‘pomegranate ‘‘grainy apple.’’ The generic name P regarding its origin. The pomegranat found in many ancient human cultu culture has always been restricted a a long, hot and dry season in order central Asia, but since the pomeg conditions, it is grown in many diffe California. Recent scientific findings and indicate that pomegranate tissue that are antimicrobial, reduce blood p These findings have led to a high particularly in the western world, and juice. This review provides informatio Keywords: Pomegranate, Punica gr Introduction Pomegranate, Punica granatum L., well-known by ancient civilisations and of its medicinal properties (Fig. 1). P considered one of the oldest known ed mentioned in the Bible, the Koran, the Je the Babylonian Talmud as ‘Food of G symbolic of abundance, fertility and pro et al., 2000; Seeram et al., 2006). It was in ancient Greek mythology and Chin adepts. For thousands of years, many believed that pomegranate have benef health, fertility, longevity and rebirth ( 2010). The pomegranate is the predomi two species comprising the Punicace genus name Punica, was the Roman nam where the best pomegranates were k Pomegranate literally translates to seed apple ("ponium") (Jurenka, 2008). This the Middle East, Centre of origin IV of includes interior of Asia Minor, all of Tran and the highlands of Turkmenistan (Vavil REVIEW rch (JAIR) T) jairjp.com n Phytochemicals, Antioxidant and An A. Jayaprakash College (Autonomous), Tirupattur-635601, Vellore uljaypee@gmail.com; +91 9841378323 _______________________________________ Abstract d it is impossible for mankind to survive without t y plant has some medicinal effects. In recent ye cterize some amazing properties of plant materia se activities. The practice of Ayurvedic medicine th for many years. The Indian subcontinent has reatments. These plants contain different bioact egranate (Punica granatum L., Punicaceae) is an e’’ follows the Latin name of the fruit Malum g Punica refers to Pheonicia (Carthage) as a result te and its usage are deeply embedded in human ures as food and as a medical remedy. Despite and generally considered as a minor crop. The po r to produce good yield of high-quality fruit. Pom granate tree is highly adaptive to a wide rang erent geographical regions including the Mediterr s corroborate traditional usage of the pomegrana es of the fruit, flowers, bark, and leaves contain b pressure, and act against serious diseases such her awareness of the public to the benefits of d consequently to a prominent increase in the con on about its phytochemicals, antioxidant and antim ranatum, phytochemicals, antioxidant, antimicrob is a fruit tree lauded because Pomegranate is dible fruit that is ewish Torah, and Gods’ where is osperity (Aviram s also mentioned nese alchemical y cultures have ficial effects on (Dahham et al., inant member of eae family. The me for Carthage, known to grow. ded ("granatus") tree is native of f Vavilov, which nscaucasia, Iran, ov, 1951). Fig. 1. Punica granatu 132 Jayaprakash, 2017 ISSN: 2278-5213 ntimicrobial Properties e District, Tamil Nadu, India ________________________ the help of plants, every ears, intensive research als to isolate and identify has alleviated illnesses s a rich flora of various tive ingredients used to n ancient, beloved plant granatum, which means of mistaken assumption history, and utilization is e this fact, pomegranate omegranate tree requires megranates are native to ge of climates and soil ranean basin, Asia, and ate as a medical remedy bioactive phytochemicals as diabetes and cancer. the pomegranate fruit, nsumption of its fruit and microbial properties. bial. um in its natural habitat.