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Shvoong Home>Medicine & Health>Mangosteen Juice Review

Mangosteen Juice

Article Review   by:AzlanZahid     Original Author: A Zahari
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Mangosteen juice has become the latest in multi-level marketing. Right now, if you were to do a search on Google for mangosteen juice, you will get over 600,000 results. Most of these top ranked pages on Google for this keyword are websites promoting mangosteen juice on a multi-level marketing method.

So what are the benefits of drinking mangosteen juice? What nutritions are contained in the juice that makes it so beneficial?

One of the most important phytonutrients in mangosteen juice is Xanthones. Xanthones are a newly discovered class of biologically active polyphenolic compounds. It is structurally similar to bioflavonoids. Xanthones appear to have a lot of potentially nutritional and medicinal benefit. Among the potential benefits are that they act as antioxidants and also as an antiinflamatory. It is also know to reduce LDL Cholesterol.

Also present in mangosteen juice are Proanthocyanidins. Proanthocyanidins found in the mangosteen fruit is similar to those found in grape seeds and skin and also pine bark extract. It has numerous qualities which are considered to be valuable in the prevention of disease and the restoration of homeostasis when a disease is present.
Other phytonutrients found in the mangosteen fruit includes Catechins, Polysaccharides, and Sterols. Fiber, although not a phytonutrient, is also present in the mangosteen fruit and is important in maintaining gastrointestinal health.

Based on studies, mangosteen juice, with all the phytonutrient components present in the fruit, will be the most important supplement ever.
Published: March 16, 2008   
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  1. 1. D.N.Bhatnagar

    Mangosteen Juice

    Can you please cite the reference of the original paper from where you have abstracted this text. I shall be thankful.

    0 Rating Monday, March 31, 2008
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