MANGOOSTEEN JUICE

         The mangosteen fruit is a small, purple fruit about the size of a tangerine, with a rind similar in texture to the pomegranate.

         This tropical fruit contain an active and natural rarely substances - Xanthones. 40 xanthones is found in mangosteen. 

         These antioxidants travel throughout ower body, mopping up the free radicals on their way, leaving the body cleaner and healthier than before.

          Mangosteen's xanthones (alpha-mangostin and gamma-mangostin) are more potent than Vitamin C or Vitamin E.  Mangosteen also contains Garcinone-E, which researchers suggest may be useful for the treatment of certain types of cancer. 

          Mangosteen includes many vitamins, minerals and nutrients as well as Catechins, Stilbene, Polysaccharides, and Quinones.

        In India, Thailand and China, preparations made from the rind are used as antimicrobial and anti-parasitic treatments for dysentery and other forms of infectious diarrhea.

         The plant's astringent qualities are also useful in preventing dehydration and the loss of essential nutrients from gastrointestinal tract of diarrhea sufferers.

          The Thai people take advantage of the mangosteen's antimicrobial properties to treat infected wounds, tuberculosis, malaria, urinary tract infections, syphilis, and gonorrhea.

         It has long been recognized in Asia that the mangosteen has powerful ant-inflammatory properties, and is therefore effective in treating eczema, hyperkeratosis and related skin conditions such as psoriasis and seborrhea.         

          In the Caribben, a tea made from mangosteen, known as "eau de Creole", is used as a tonic for fatigue and low energy states

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References about mangosteen fruit:

  Wikipedia

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18725264