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Mangosteen research is sweeping the nation, as all sorts of people are thirsting for knowledge about the Southeast Asian tropical fruit. There is a lot of buzz about the health benefits of Mangosteen juice, also known as Xango, and where the fruit came from. For starters, Mangosteen research tells us that it is not related to the mango, despite popular opinion. Instead, it is from a tropical evergreen tree and is known as “Queen of the Fruits” in Asia.

The tree grows from seven to twenty-five meters high and is full of edible reddish fruits (the mangosteen) which have a rather hard outer shell. The tree is believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands or the Moluccas. The Sunda Islands, part of the Malay Archipelago, are divided into two groups: the greater and lesser Sunda Islands. It is from this tropical region of the world that the mangosteen is believed to be from and continues to flourish due to the ideal conditions.

The mangosteen is now being sold and grown on some of the Hawaiian Islands, although it is not exported to the continental United States due to fears that the mangosteen harbors the fruit fly. Mangosteen research has led to a facility in Hawaii that is working on creating supplements and additives to the fruit to allow it to be able to be successfully transported to the United States without fear of the fruit fly. As it is, the mangosteen is rarely available as a whole fruit in the United States; instead, they are available in cans or in frozen form.

Discovering Xanthones

Part of realizing what all of the fuss about mangosteen research is about, involves understanding the benefits of Xanthones. A Xanthone is an organic compound that was first introduced in 1939 as an insecticide. Xanthone currently takes its use as a form of ovicide for coddling the eggs of moths or as a larvicide. It is also used in some medical chemical activities, including usage as a way of finding urea levels in the blood. The chemical structure of Xanthone forms the core of several naturally occurring compounds, including Mangostin (sound familiar?).

Mangostin leads us, through Mangosteen research, right back to the Southeast Asian fruit. Mangostin is a vital organic compound that is related to parts of the Mangosteen fruit and, quite likely, is what was involved in giving the reddish fruit its name.

Mangostin is being researched and is thought to have a variety of biological properties that are beneficial to humans, including anti-bacterial and anti-cancer properties. Indeed, through research, more and more is being discovered about this fascinating fruit.

Mangosteen Research Study #15
Summarized by Narace D. Seudeal, Ph.D.

Findings:
The oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) may play an important role in atherosclerosis. The researchers investigated the possible antioxidant effects of mangostin, isolated from Garcinia mangostana (found in mangosteen fruit), on the oxidation of human LDL (bad cholesterol). From these results, they concluded that mangostin is acting as a free radical scavenger ("mop up" sponge) to protect the LDL from oxidative damage in this in vitro system. In other words, it a potent antioxdiant.

Study:
Mangostin inhibits the oxidative modification of human low density lipoprotein. Free Radic Res. 1995 Aug;23(2):175-84. Williams P, Ongsakul M, Proudfoot J, Croft K, Beilin L. University of Western Australia, Department of Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.



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