The Effects of Pomegranate Extract (POMx), Simvastatin, or Metformin Therapies in Hypercholesterolemic or in Diabetic Patients on Daily Rhythms of Serum Lipids and of Oxidative Stress: A Pilot Study

Tony Hayek^1,2, Mira Rosenblat², Nina Volkova², Judith Attias³, Riad Mahamid¹, Shadi Hamoud¹ and Michael Aviram^2*

¹Internal Medicine E Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

²The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

³Stat Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

^*Corresponding Author: Michael Aviram, The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Tel: 972-4-8542970, Fax: 972-4-8542130 Email: