Mangosteen

(Garcinia mangostana)

The mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree, believed to be native of Indonesia.

Mangosteen fruit is rich in polyphenolic acids such as tannins and xanthones. Xanthones has been documented with antioxidant and immune stimulaton properties, besides it believed that these compounds have anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal actions.

Folk medicine systems of India and China used mangosteen for several purposes, such as for dysentery and diarrhea, eczema and other skin disorders, cystitis, gonorrhea, to regulate menstruation, and as astringent.

Nowadays, mangosteen is a quite famous fruit and is advertised as one of the so called “superfuits”, that is those fruit believed to have appealing features (i.e. taste, frgrance, etc.) combined with antioxidant and nutritive properties, besides to help lowering risk of human diseases.




















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