“…As a rich source of polyphenols, including phenolic acids, flavonoids, and tannins, PP was reported to have a broad range of biological activities and health-promoting benefits, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, and apoptotic [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. The most abundant bioactive compounds are ellagitannins, including punicalagin and punicalin, gallic acid, and ellagic acid, which were demonstrated to have various protective effects on the human body and have a great potential to ameliorate chronic metabolic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]. In this regard, PP could be used as a promising raw material for the production of extracts with multifunctional physiological effects that can provide auxiliary strategies for the treatment of related human diseases.…”