Ellagic Acid

Product name: Ellagic Acid

Plant source: Ellagic acid is a polyphenol antioxidant found in numerous fruits and vegetables including blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, walnuts, pecans, pomegranates, wolfberry and other plant foods.

Molecular formula: C14H6O8

Molecular weight: 228.25

Specification: 40%-95% HPLC

CAS:476-66-4

EINECS:207-508-3

Characteristics: yellow crystalline powder, melting point≥360 12, slight dissolve in water, ethanol, dissolve in alkali, pyridine, can't dissolve in ether.

Functions: Ellagic acid has antioxidant, anti-mutagen and anti-cancer properties. Studies have shown the anti-cancer activity on cancer cells of the breast, oesophagus, skin, colon, prostate and pancreas. More specifically, ellagic acid prevents the destruction of P53 gene by cancer cells. Ellagic acid can bind with cancer causing molecules, thereby making them inactive. In their studie The effects of dietary ellagic acid on rat hepatic and esophageal mucosal cytochromes P450 and phase II enzymes. Ahn D et al showed that ellagic acid causes a decrease in total hepatic mucosal cytochromes and an increase in some hepatic phase II enzyme activities, thereby enhancing the ability of the target tissues to detoxify the reactive intermediates. Ellagic acid showed also a chemoprotective effect against various chemically induced cancers.

Ellagic acid has also been said to reduce heart disease, birth defects, liver problems, and to promote wound healing.