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Blockbuster review, bookmarked, thanks.

The pdf of this is available through Google scholar:

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) supplements: Authenticity, antioxidant and polyphenol composition

...Pomegranate supplements that had similar tannin compo- sition to rind readily dissolved in aqueous methanol to give a brownish colored solution. On the other hand, PS that con- tained high levels of ellagic acid did not dissolve in aqueous methanol because ellagic acid has low solubility in this sol- vent. These products were characterized by white suspensions when agitated but quickly precipitated. Free ellagic acid in pomegranate fruit is low and may increase in juice and supplements as a result of the hydrolysis of ellagitannins

(Bala et al., 2006; Ignarro et al., 2006).

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alcohol extract seems to get a different balance of polyphenols and has been found more effective for weight loss than water extracts.

My pomegranate paper is quite long. I should try harder to get it published somewhere if only self published.

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You should definitely if you've got time, it's a superb reference. OCF is fairly easy to navigate. It's kind of ironic that Substack is in many ways more accessible for everyone than the journals and you can easily edit and interact. I did put a request in for column and table support though as screenshots of summary data don't always scale well between devices.

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That's a useful guide to submitting to PubMed, which I believe need to be peer reviewed.

I found this guide to OSF:

https://help.osf.io/article/342-getting-started-on-the-osf

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Thanks.

What is OCF - newbie question.

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Thank you Jennifer. I started eating pomegranate when you first reported about it and I have never stopped. I live in south Florida; I am going to plant a tree and grow my own. Dr Mercola has written about most olive oils being adulterated with seed oils. Thanks for all the great info! Peace.

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Very welcome! Pomegranate shrubs should be fairly easy to grow.

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On it.

Thanks! ❤

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Wondering ... do dried pomegranate seeds provide same nutrition?

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They should be fairly similar. I like them. Like crunchy sweet tarts.

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Do you not respond to twitter communications. Have made several attempts last few weeks / month. Not sure if my own account is being shadow banned either as some folks just don't reply. You'll know who it is when you look ( assuming you can see my tweets to you ).

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