title: Pomegranate juice may be a potential addition to anti-Behçet armamentarium: a hypothesis.
abstract: Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis. We speculate that local or systemic administration of the pomegranate juice may be useful in the treatment of BD. Immunomodulatory, antioxidants and antibacterial characteristics of pomegranate juice may rationalize this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. borhanihaghighi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borhani Haghighi
authors.forename: Mansooreh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagheri
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001628:Beverages; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy; D029561:Lythraceae / Q000378:metabolism; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D059808:Polyphenols; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols