Exotic fruit mangosteen including the highly favored by consumers, both at home and abroad, that it tastes delicious, beautiful fruit shape, and texture of soft white flesh fruit. Not infrequently, if mangosteen earned the nickname Queen of tropical fruit (Tropical Fruits queen). In general, because people use mangosteen fruit is refreshing and contains sakarosa sugar, dextrose, and levulose. The
composition of the fruit are eaten include 79.2 grams per 100 grams of water, 0.5 grams protein, 19.8 grams carbohydrates, 0.3 grams fiber, 11 mg calcium, 17 mg phosphorus, 0.9 mg iron, 14 IU vitamin A, 66 mg vitamin C, vitamin B (thiamine) 0.09 mg, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 0.06 mg, and vitamin B5 (niacin), 0.1 mg. Most of the mangosteen fruit is consumed in fresh condition, because processed awetannya less favored by the people. In addition to fruit, mangosteen rind is also used as natural dyes and raw materials of medicines. Xanthones rind contains compounds that include mangostin, mangostenol, mangostinon A, mangostenon B, trapezifolixanthone, tovophyllin B, alpha-mangostin, beta-mangostin, garcinon B, mangostanol, flavonoid epicatechin, and gartanin. This compound is very beneficial for health. Xanthones are compounds produced only from the genus Garcinia. Overseas mangosteen rind has been made capsule that is used for dietary supplements, antioxidant, and anticancer. The results showed, mangosteen skin extracts have activity against cancer cells include breast, liver, and leukemia. In addition, also used for antihistamine, antiimpflamasi, suppress the central nervous system, and blood pressure, and anti-inflammatory. Rind also contains anthocyanins such as cyanidin-3-sophoroside, and cyanidin-3-glucoside. These compounds play an important role in skin coloration mangosteen. Fruit skins contain a compound of pectin, tannins, and resins are used for tanning leather and as a black coloring agent for food and textile industries, while and yellow latex paint used as raw materials and insektisida.Efek biology & pharmacology
Mangosteen rind decoction has antidiarrheal effect. Young mangosteen fruit has the effect speriniostatik and spermicides. Extract (n-hexane and ethanol), mangosteen has a certain degree ketoksikan on the use of test methods Schrimp Brine Test (BST). From the results of the study reported that alpha-mangostin (1,3,6-trihidroksi-7-methoxy-2 ,8-bis (-2-butenil 3metil)-9H-Xanten-9-on) of the isolated from skin of the mangosteen fruit have anti-inflammatory activity and antioxidants. From the results of pharmacological and biochemical studies it is known that alpha-mangostin competitively inhibit not only histamine H receptors, mediators of muscle contraction but also epiramin software that builds the H1 receptors on muscle cells intact soft. Mangosteen fruit is used to treat diarrhea, inflammation of the tonsils, vaginal discharge, dysentery, hemorrhoids, sores / ulcers. Also, used as a laxative sputum and for toothache. Mangosteen rind is used to treat thrush, dysentery, sore muscles, constipation. Bark used to treat abdominal pain. Roots to overcome the irregular menstruation. In terms of flavor, the mangosteen fruit is potential to make juice
