Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study

A compound the body can make after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries improved measures of heart function by up to 80% in animal models of a difficult-to-treat form of heart failure. Urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced scarring and abnormal enlargement.

It also improved relaxation in engineered human heart tissue.

In Salute, FlexChar mette questa storia al centro della giornata: A compound the body can make after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries improved measures of heart function by up to 80% in animal models of a difficult-to-treat form of heart failure. Urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced scarring and abnormal enlargement. FlexChar la segnala perché sta concentrando ricerche e conversazione.