Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Xanthones in mangosteen

The story of the healing powers of mangosteen started centuries ago in Asia. The peel, called pericarp, is where the powerful antioxidants and ligands are highly concentrated.

About 50 type of xanthones in the mangosteen that may exert some antioxidant effects. Xanthones are one of the biologically active compounds and are unique among the group of polyphenolic compounds.

The mangosteen pericarp contains more xanthones than other fruit sources. The medicinal properties of the mangosteen pericarp have been utilized by many generations of Asians and more recently by those seeking the benefits of the juice in products marketed today.
Mangosteen

These powerful compounds go through human body, destroying free radicals that can cause inflammation and disease.

The xanthones found in mangosteen contain anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antibacterial and anti-viral properties.

The main xanthones are beta, gamma, and alpha-mangostin, 3-isomangostin, 9-hydroxycalabxanthone, gartanin, and garcinone. Alpha-mangostin and garcinone B, are the anti-inflammatory xanthones phytomolecules present in the pericarp of the mangosteen fruit that inhibit cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin E2 synthesis in rat glioma cells.
Xanthones in mangosteen

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