Mangosteen is a round shaped fruit, capped by the hanging out sepals, dark purple in color and smooth in texture. The flesh is slightly acidic and mild to sharp acidic in flavor. A large number of people who tasted the pulpous mangosteen juice claimed it to be an uniquely flavored and delicious.

Mangosteen is an adorable fruit that originated in tropical forests of Southeast Asia. But due to strict laws in US regarding prohibition of imports of untreated plants that might allow agricultural pests, the consumption and buying of mangosteen juice is banned. There are some states like Hawaii and Puerto Rico planning to start cultivating mangos teen which is surely a good news for the Americans dying to taste the coveted fruit.

Uses of Mangosteen Juice

There is something more to this magical fruit apart from its taste. For decades, ethnic population of South Asia has been using it for medicinal purposes. It was used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the bowel, such as diarrhea and dysentery. It was also found useful in skin infections like eczema, wounds and infections caused due to bacteria.

To date, there is a wide spectrum of known traditional medicinal uses of mangosteen juice, explored by some tribal communities of Asia, Caribbean, Africa and South America like:

Anti diarrheal

Anti inflammatory

Pain reliever

Fever control

Treatment of certain infections

Headaches

Anti parasitic

However, recently, some doctors have started using its multiple health benefits. Now mangosteen juice has become a staple part of all the prescriptions for patients (except US) with following problems.

Allergies Dementia

Anti aging drugs

Mouth ulcers

Cancer treatment

Joints problems

Balancing blood sugar and diabetics

Anxiety and depressions

Xanthones in Mangosteen juice

Xanthones are a new group of chemical compounds with biologically active phenols similar to flavnoids.

Xanthones have properties such as: anti tumor (shrinks tumors), antifungal (critical for all cancer patients), anti-bacterial (for protecting DNA), antioxidants, halts the growth of cancer cells and causes apoptosis (guided cell death) for some types of cancer.

In nature, xanthones are very much rare in occurrence. There is a great stress being given in medical science to the research of xanthones as evidence by the large number of xanthones identified in last decade. Over 200 xanthones have been isolated until now. Approximately 40 of these have been found in the mangosteen juice.

The list of medical cures of mangosteen juice is continuously growing. As more research and studies are conducted, we might uncover more secrets about this wonder fruit called "Mangosteen Juice" within few years time.