Pomegranate: A promising avenue against the most common chronic diseases and their associated risk factors (Review)
- Authors:
- Alessandro Lavoro
- Luca Falzone
- Giuseppe Gattuso
- Rossella Salemi
- Giovanni Cultrera
- Gian Marco Leone
- Giuseppa Scandurra
- Saverio Candido
- Massimo Libra
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Affiliations: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, National Cancer Institute ‑ IRCCS ‘Fondazione G. Pascale’, I‑80131 Naples, Italy, Medical Oncology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, I‑95126 Catania, Italy - Published online on: April 28, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijfn.2021.16
- Article Number: 6
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Copyright: © Lavoro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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