If xanthones from mangosteen are so powerful, why haven’t I heard about them?
The people of Southeast Asia are very familiar with the prized mangosteen fruit and Asian Health Practitioners have long made use of Pericarp for a myriad of nutritional uses. The mangosteen fruit, however, has never been introduced to the Western world and much of the science behind xanthones is predominantly available to those in the medical community until recently. Many of the clinical studies on xanthones have been done in universities and testing facilities throughout Asia and have recently started to catch the attention of Western researchers.
