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<center><h1>MANGOSTEEN</h1></center>
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From the rainforest of southeast Asia comes the most energic and healthy fruit
in the world - <a href="mangosteen.html"><font color="#55697d">MANGOSTEEN</font></a>.
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For centuries the Mangosteen has been revered by Asians for it's many
beneficial health properties as part of their <font size="3" face="times new roman"><b>daily</b></font> health practices.
Mangosteen is regarded as...
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<center><b>THE QUEEN FRUIT</b></center>
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Pound for pound this prized fruit is the most expensive fruit in the marketplace.
Rich in vitamins and minerals the mangosteen is the single most abundant source
of nature's SUPER antioxident - <a href="xanthones.html"><font color="#55697d">XANTHONES</font></a>.
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<img src="mangosteencrossection.jpg" width="150" height="134" vspace="9" hspace="9" align="left" alt="Cross-section of a Mangosteen fruit." />
Xanthones antioxident properties have recently been confirmed by scientific study,
astounding the researchers themselves. The thick protective rind of the mangosteen contains
an incredible 20 plus xanthone combinations while the delicious snow white flesh of the
mangosteen gives a beautiful taste sensation of incerdible natural flavour agents. The
Mangosteen represents one of the most complex whole foods on the planet. In fact, we
have only scratched the surface when it comes to the health benefits the Mangosteen can offer.
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This extraordinary fruit, the exotic mangosteen, once limited to southeast Asia, has been
super charged with 10 other active ingredients to produce ...
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<center><h2>Mangosteen Tree</h2></center>
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The mangosteen tree reaches on average an height of 15 meter but can grow
as high as 30 meter.
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The Mongosteen tree is rather slow growing and forms a
pyramidal crown.
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The bark is very dark coloured and flaking.
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The thick
dark green leathery mangosteen leaves are evergreen and opposite positioned.
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Flowers are about 5 cm large and contain four leaves.
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The dark purple fruit reachs a size of about 7 cm.
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Inside the mangosteen
fruit are 4 to 7 triangular segments containing juicy white flesh and
seeds.
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The juice is sweet and slightly acid with a delicious flavour.
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<center><h2>Mangosteen Fruit</h2></center>
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One of the most praised of tropical fruits, and certainly the most esteemed fruit in the family Guttiferae is the mangosteen: Garcinia mangostana L.
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It is believed that Queen Victoria of England was so delighted by the mangosteen's unique taste and exquisite flavor that she named it "Queen of Fruits."
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Mangosteen is native to Southeast Asia and cultivated throughout the tropics: primarily in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Honduras, Panama, and in the USA, in Hawaii.
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The fruit, capped by the prominent calyx at the stem end and with 4 to 8 triangular, flat remnants of the stigma in a rosette at the apex, is round, dark-purple to red-purple and smooth externally; 1 1/3 to 3 in (3.4-7.5 cm) in diameter. The rind <img src="mangosteencrossection.jpg" width="150" height="134" alt="Mangosteen Fruit." align="left" hspace="9" vspace="9" />is 1/4 to 3/8 in (6-10 mm) thick, red in cross-section, purplish-white on the inside. It contains bitter yellow latex and a purple, staining juice. There are 4 to 8 triangular segments of snow-white, juicy, soft flesh (actually the arils of the seeds). The fruit may be seedless or have 1 to 5 fully developed seeds, ovoid-oblong, somewhat flattened, 1 in (2.5 cm) long and 5/8 in (1.6 cm) wide, that cling to the flesh. The flesh is slightly acid and mild to distinctly acid in flavor and is acclaimed as exquisitely luscious and delicious.
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<b>Common Names: </b>
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<li>Cambodia: mongkhut</li>
<li>Dutch: manggis, manggistan</li>
<li>English: mangosteen</li><img src="mangosteenfruit.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Mangosteen Fruit." align="right" />
<li>French: mangostanier, mangoustanier, mangouste, mangostier</li>
<li>Indonesia, Malaysia: manggis</li>
<li>Laos: mangkhud</li>
<li>Malaya: mesetor, semetah, sementah</li>
<li>Philippines: manggustan, manggis</li>
<li>Portuguese: mangostao, mangosta, mangusta</li>
<li>Spanish: mangostán, mangostín</li>
<li>Thailand: mangkhut</li>
<li>Vietnam: cay mang cut</li>
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<b>Mangosteen Folk Medicine:</b> the dried fruit is shipped from Singapore to Calcutta and to China for medicinal use. The sliced and dried rind is powdered and administered to overcome dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is applied on eczema and other skin disorders. The rind decoction is taken to relieve diarrhea and cystitis, gonorrhea and gleet and is applied externally as an astringent lotion. A portion of the rind is steeped in water overnight and the infusion given as a remedy for chronic diarrhea in adults and children. Filipinos employ a decoction of the leaves and bark as a febrifuge and to treat thrush, diarrhea, dysentery and urinary disorders. In Malaya, an infusion of the leaves, combined with unripe banana and a little benzoin is applied to the wound of circumcision. A root decoction is taken to regulate menstruation. A bark extract called "amibiasine", has been marketed for the treatment of amoebic dysentery.
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This tropical fruit is rich in xanthones (phytonutrients that are powerful antioxidants).
See the deep purple color.
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<a href="xanthones.html"><font color="#55697d">Xanthones</font></a> are a naturally occuring chemical substances, which also aid the immune system.
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Nutritional composition per 100 grams Mangosteen fruit:
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Carbohydrate 6-20 g<br />
Fat 0.1-1 g<br />
Protein 0.6 g<br />
Calcium 7-11 mg<br />
Phosphorous 4-17 mg<br />
Potassium 19 mg<br />
Iron 0.2-1 mg<br />
Vitamin A 14 IU<br />
Vitamin B1 0.03 mg<br />
Vitamin B2 0.03 mg<br />
Niacin 0.3 mg<br />
Thiamine 0.03 mg<br />
Vitamin C 4.2-66 mg<br />
Fiber 5.0-5.1 g<br />
Ash 0.2-0.23 g <br />
Moisture 80.2-84.9 g<br />
Calories 60-63<br /><br />
Phytin (an organic phosphorus compound) constitutes up to 0.68% on a dry-weight basis. The flesh amounts to 31% of the whole mangosteen fruit.
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<center><h2>Mangosteen Xanthones</h2></center>
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<b>What are Antioxidants?</b>
Unstable cells, called free radicals, are cells that have lost an electron. Free Radicals cause damage to healthy cells by stealing electrons from them. Over time, the build up of free radicals can lead to disease.<img src="antioxidant.gif" width="233" height="77" alt="Antioxidant Vitamin E." align="right" /> Environmental pollution, cigarette smoking, and radiation are just some of the ways free radicals are formed.
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The most common form of free radicals is oxygen. When the oxygen molecule is electrically charged it tries to steal electrons from other molecules, thereby causing damage to the body.
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While you are still healthy, you need to protect yourself from the free radical damage caused by food pollutants such as ...
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<li>pesticides</li>
<li>fungicides</li>
<li>herbicides</li>
<li>insectcides</li>
<li>fertilizers</li>
<li>and absorbed air and water borne pollutants</li>
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<b>What are Xanthones?</b>
Powerful antioxidants, such as Xanthones, help to neutralize these free radicals.
Scientists have identified 40 different varieties of xanthones in mangosteen. No other tropical fruit has been found to contain as much xanthones as mangosteen.
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The literature reports that Mangosteen's xanthones (alpha-mangostin and gamma-mangostin) are more potent than Vitamin C or Vitamin E in reducing free radicals.
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</ul>Other important xanthones found in mangosteen include:<img src="mangosteenfruits.jpg" width="141" height="131" alt="Mangosteen Fruit." border="1" align="right" />
<li>Beta-mangostin</li>
<li>Garcinone</li>
<li>Garcinone A</li>
<li>Garcinone C</li>
<li>Garcinone D</li>
<li>Mangostanol</li>
<li>Gartanin</li>
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Mangosteen also includes many vitamins, minerals and nutrients as well as Catechins, Stilbene, Quinones and Polysaccharides.
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The literature reports that the antioxidant power of the whole mangosteen fruit has an <a href="brunswicklabs.html"><font color="#55697d">ORAC</font></a> value of 17,000.
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In comparison, whole blueberries has an ORAC value of 61 units per gram, while pomegranates has an <a href="brunswicklabs.html"><font color="#55697d">ORAC</a></a> value of 105 units per gram.
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All said and done, xanthones, like other antioxidants, work best in preventing illness, not curing it . . . and Mangosteen has been shown to contain powerful amounts of these antioxidants.
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So jump on the mangosteen bandwagon, but do it while you're still healthy.
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