Review Article

Efficacy and Safety of Pomegranate Medicinal Products for Cancer

Table 2

Content of coactive ingredients in various pomegranate preparations (density of liquid products 1.3).

PreparationTotal polyphenolsTotal anthocyaninsPunicalagin A + B Ellagic acid***Sum of A, P, and EA
DeclaredMeasured Daily Dose

Mother juice 5174-13n.i.2654 mg/L*34.47 mg/L271 mg/L81.5 mg/L387 mg/L39 mg/100 mL
Mother juice L30743840 mg/L**2188 mg/L*9.45 mg/L948 mg/L47.4 mg/L1005 mg/L101 mg/100 mL
POM wonderful juicen.i.2670 mg/L*60.7 mg/L310 mg/L134 mg/L505 mg/L121/240 mL
POM Wonderful Concentraten.i.18900 mg/L*1.1 mg/L1400 mg/kg146 mg/kg1547 mg/L77 mg/50 mL
F4 concentrate 71515 mg/L*73944 mg/L*179.4 mg/L29900 mg/L1378 mg/L31457 mg/L315 mg/10 mL
POMx-capsulesn.i.613000 mg/kg*n.d.103000 mg/kg28700 mg/kg131700 mg/kg132 mg/1000 mg
Ultra Granatapfel forte capsulesn.i.843000 mg/kg*17.3 mg/kg45900 mg/kg13900 mg/kg59800 mg/kg30 mg/500 mg
Extract 2065159000 mg/kg**189900 mg/kg*241 mg/kg38400 mg/kg1610 mg/kg40251 mg/kg40 mg/1000mg
GranaProstan capsules460000 mg/kg*394000 mg/kg*112 mg/kg74000 mg/kg69900 mg/kg144012 mg/kg142 mg/1000 mg

Reference
POM Wonderful juice (mg/L)McCutcheon et al., 2008 [102]n.i.94 mg/240 mL
POM Wonderful Concentrate (mg/L)http://www.google.ca/patents/US7727563 &103 mg/50 mL
Extract 1 (mg/1000 g)Madrigal-Carballo et al., 2009 [123]n.i.n.i.201 mg/1000 mg
Pomella (mg/kg)Patel et al., 2008 [48]non321500193 mg/600 mg
POMx wonderful (mg/kg)Hong et al., 2008 [14]n.i. n.i. 400 mg/1000 mg

total polyphenols calculated as gallic acid equivalents (Folin-Ciocalteau, photometric assessment).
**total polyphenols calculated as pyrogallol (PhEur 2.8.14, photometric assessment).
***sum of anthocyanins (A), punicalagin (P), and ellagic acid (EA) assessed by HPLC; DD in the suggested daily dose.
n.d.: not detectable.
n.i. no information.
according to the manufacturers, according to the POM wonderful monography.