Sunday, August 31, 2008
Mangosteen Fruit Health Benefits
An enormous amount of research has been done on the mangosteen fruit going back many years, in order to determine the benefits of this remarkable fruit. It contains an abundant amount of xanthones, which are very powerful antioxidants. There is a whole family of this antioxidant, and the most dynamic of these are found in the mangosteen. Xanthones are found in a few rain forest plants, but they are for the most part found in the mangosteen fruit, and over 40 have been identified.