Pomegranate leftovers, primarily the peel, seeds, and leaves, are used to extract bioactive molecules useful for preventing cancer.
The project NewTriPome of ENEA, has been going on for some years with these key points:
- use agricultural and industrial waste from pomegranates (skins, membranes, leaves, roots)
- to extract bioactive biomolecules
- with potential effects anti-inflammatories, antioxidants and even anti-tumor
It is a circular economy approach : transforming waste into compounds useful for health and nutraceuticals.
Researchers are isolating active compounds from the waste and also using computational models (CRESCO supercomputer) to understand which are most promising, knowing that pomegranate contains compounds already known to have anti-tumor effects in vitro.
Still in the preclinical, laboratory phase, research aims to identify these molecules and then transform them into products that can be used not for specific anti-tumor therapies, but for preventive purposes.
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