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Figure 1: Phytomolecular Mechanism and Bioactive PathwaysFigure 1: Dietary malic and citric acids from wild pomegranates metabolizing into systemic bicarbonate, increasing urinary citrate excretion and inhibiting calcium crystallization.
The Resilient Wild Shrub of Mediterranean Scree Slopes
Clinging tenaciously to dry, rocky limestone scree slopes across the Taurus Mountains, the Wild Dwarf Pomegranate (Punica granatum var. nana) produces tiny, hard, intensely sour fruits that village herbalists forage each autumn.
Systemic Bicarbonate Generation: Though sour to the tongue, the high concentrations of potassium malate and potassium citrate in wild pomegranates are metabolized in the liver to bicarbonate ($HCO_3^-$), promoting systemic alkalinity and raising urinary citrate levels to inhibit calcium oxalate crystal aggregation.
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