Punicalagins are water-soluble and hydrolyze into smaller phenolic compounds, such as ellagic acid.
In animal studies, no toxic effects were observed in rats fed a 6% diet containing punicalagins for 37 days.[3] In laboratory research, punicalagins exhibited carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activity.[4]
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↑Cerdá, B; Cerón, J. J; Tomás-Barberán, F. A; Espín, J. C (2003). "Repeated oral administration of high doses of the pomegranate ellagitannin punicalagin to rats for 37 days is not toxic". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 51 (11): 3493–501. Bibcode:2003JAFC...51.3493C. doi:10.1021/jf020842c. PMID12744688.