The mangosteen is a small purple colored fruit that contains several white fruit segments that have a delicious taste. The fruit is not legally available in the U.S.A. due to fresh fruit import regulations. The fruit’s rind has reportedly been used for centuries as a local folk medicine remedy. The rind was dried and a crude extract was made to treat a variety of ailments.
The purported health benefits of the fruit has not exactly been established by the western medical researchers. Researchers in Asia, however have performed decades of research on the fruit and these studies seem to show promising potential for this fruit. Right now, the western world has not conducted any significant clinical research involving humans. The general consensus is that the fruit warrants further studies to determine the potential beneficial properties. Some research abstracts have reported that the mangosteen could be used as treatments for a variety of diseases and conditions.
One current debate among people is whether the mangosteen fruit can be used as a natural dietary supplement. Products are available that incorporate the whole entire fruit – rind and all – to attempt to harness the beneficial properties of the xanthones. To date, over 40 unique xanthones have been identified in the fruit, and it is considered to be the most xanthone rich food on earth. Research is continuing to try to identify more xanthones in the fruit.
Most die-hard skeptics want actual clinical studies involving humans to see if scientific evidence can validate the use as a supplement. Others are comfortable using the product based on the research abstracts currently available. I firmly believe that human clinical studies are very near. This would seem to be the next logical step since some of the research done has shown some promising results with human diseases. If the mangosteen can provide health benefits, then those benefits come in the form of a food…a natural product that is not a drug.
Currently the interest in the mangosteen continues and some have already attempted to capitalize on cultivating the fruit. The market is there due to the taste, and the interest in the mangosteen as a naturally beneficial botanical may well keep the medical interest in this fruit alive and well.
Author: Kerry Thomas
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Mangosteen is not a myth nor a miracle. It is pure natural science. It has long been a gift to us by mother nature.