Mangosteen Juice

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Mangosteen juice is a beverage made from the seeds, rind and the flesh of the Garcinia Mangostan L. tropic fruit. Rich in xanthones some of the most potent antioxidants (it has over 30 xanthones) juice Mangosteen is believed to treat many diseases including cancer cells.

What is Mangosteen

Mangostana or the Garcinia Mangostan L. is a tropical fruit. The fruit is approximately the size of an apple with a hard thick rind. Inside of the fruit there are white segments like an orange and large seeds. The fruit mangosteen belongs to the family of Guttiferae. It is cultivated in the tropical rainforest of some Asian nations like Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Thailand.

This fruit is well known among natives as the “queen of the fruits”. Reason to that are the fruit’s healing properties. It is used: the pericap peel, rind, hull or ripe. The fruit is used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of abdominal pain, wound infections, chronic ulcer, diarrhea.

Experimental studies have demonstrated that extracts of Garciana Mangostana L. have:

• Antioxidant
• Antitumoral
• Antiallergic
• Anti-inflammatory
• Antibacterial
• Antiviral activities

This fruit is known to be rich in various xanthones, pericarp of Garciana Mangostana L. being the source of xanthones and other bioactive substances. These xanthones are well known to possess unique biological activities (according to a some study, in future it may be developed as novel analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs), with potential therapeutic use.

Mangosteen Medical Research Facts

In a research study it was analyzed the cytotoxic activities of mangosteen xanthones. Two analysis were performed, one in a test tube with a human colon cancer cells and other using an enimal as a host for grown cancer cells. In a test tube it was shown that mangosteen xanthones slows down the growth of tumor cells. And in the analysis with the mouse showed that at relatively low doses, the growth of tumors was repressed. When a higher dose of magnosteen xanthones was given, the size of tumors was reduced gradually, and in some mice, the disappearance of tumors was seen.

The results showed the potential of mangosteen xanthones to serve as anti-cancer agents for the chemotherapy of cancer (something to elaborate on, with a doctor).

Mangosteen Juice

Mangosteen juice became known because of its health benefits (it is rich in antioxidants). The juice is made by liquefying the seeds, rind, and flesh of mangosteen fruit.

One can find easily Mangosteen Juice online or in some health food shops. Even though this fruit is believed to have some healing properties, no study on people is done (only animals) as yet. Therefore, it should not be used in place of necessary medicines (better to talk with a doctor).

Until proven otherwise, it is good to consume this juice as you would consume any other healthy drink or a vitamin, enjoy and embrace its benefits.

Sources:

• Potential of Xanthones from Tropical Fruit Mangosteen as Anti-cancer Agents: Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis Induction In Vitro and in Mice. Watanapokasin R, Jarinthanan F, Jerusalmi A, Suksamrarn S, Nakamura Y, Sukseree S, Uthaisang-Tanethpongtamb W, Ratananukul P, Sano T. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand, ramidawa@yahoo.com.
• New medicinal properties of mangostins: Analgesic activity and pharmacological characterization of active ingredients from the fruit hull of Garcinia mangostana L. Cui J, Hu W, Cai Z, Liu Y, Li S, Tao W, Xiang H.
• Medicinal properties of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana). Pedraza-Chaverri J, Cárdenas-Rodríguez N, Orozco-Ibarra M, Pérez-Rojas JM. Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, DF, Mexico. pedraza@servidor.unam.mx