Lipid lowering effects of pomegranate peel
One of the significant findings of our study was a meaningful reduction in the levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and a significant increase in the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the pomegranate peel group compared to the placebo group. Our results are consistent with the study by Khadem-Haghighian et al.[In another study conducted by Grabez et al. [Moreover, animal studies have reported pomegranate peel’s cholesterol and triglyceride-lowering effects [Furthermore, in our study, the ratio of cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol significantly decreased by 72.0 ± 0.5% in the pomegranate peel group compared to the placebo group. A ratio below 5 is acceptable, but values less than 3.5 are considered excellent [The lipid-lowering effects of pomegranate peel are related to its polyphenolic compounds, such as ellagic acid, gallic acid, punicalagin, and ellagic acid tannins [