Professor Michael Aviram, DSc Different fruits and vegetables contain different types of antioxidants (e.g., vitamin E, vitamin C, beta Carotene, Lycopene, as well as polyphenols such as tannins, anthocyanins, flavonoids and phenolic acids). Although they all share the same name (Antioxidants), they are very different in structure and functions, and they interact with different types of free radicals that induce oxidative stress in the human body. Pomegranates contain several antioxidant molecules ,mainly ellagitannin polyphenols (such as punicalagin), and their derivatives…
Professor Michael Aviram, DSc Head, Lipid Research Laboratory, Technion Faculty of Medicine Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Bat – Galim, Haifa, Israel 31096 Bernice R & Joseph Tanenbaum Chair in Preventive Medicine, Director, Legacy Heritage Clinical Research Institute at Rambam.
