How well do you know the Mangosteen?...

Just when you thought you knew everything there is to know about the mangosteen fruit, here are some facts you might not have known. Name: The latin name for our beloved mangosteen fruit is Garcinia mangostana L. The plant is in the family name Guttiferae and the genus Garcinia is an honor bestowed upon Laurent Garcin by Linaeus for his work as a botanist and naturalist in the 18th century. Tree: The mangosteen tree is an evergreen, cultivated tree that grows 20-82 feet (6-25 meters) tall and grows in tropical climates. The tree needs approximately 50 inches of annual...

Mangosteen Harvest in Asia...

Each spring, members of the Operations team at XanGo take a trip to Southeast Asia to ensure each aspect of the annual mangosteen harvest meets XanGo’s high standards for quality. In addition to the rigorous schedule we normally undergo for the mangosteen harvest, this year we also visited Malaysia to review the sourcing of one of the four ingredients in Eleviv, EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA. We would like to share some of the details that go ensure that the best ingredients are used in our unique products and the efforts XanGo makes to provide a superior experience for our...

XanGo Juice Research – A Continuing St...

The proceding is Part 2 in a two part series by Mike Pugh. Read the first article in the series XanGo Juice Research – The Early Days. After building a proven standards and measurements system for testing mangosteen and XanGo Juice, we turned our focus into preparations for human clinical studies. In order to begin human trials, you first have to satisfy government and research committees in regards to the safety of your product. They want to know if you can prove that your product does not cause harm. This means we needed to submit our protocols for human studies,...

XanGo Juice Research – The Early Days...

XanGo® Juice is a phenomenal product. I saw that from the very beginning. But it wasn’t until early 2004 when I became truly convinced. This is when I joined XanGo as the Research and Development team lead. It was at this time that I began researching the science behind XanGo Juice. While mangosteen had several research studies validating the efficacy of xanthones and the fruit, the amount of hard science on XanGo Juice was difficult to come by. It was just too new in the marketplace. I was challenged, at the time, by Aaron Garrity to take whole mangosteen fruit...

Mangosteen — More Than a Tasty Fruit...

Mangosteen. This word probably does not mean much to most people unless they are from Southeast Asia. Despite its similarity in name, mangosteen is not a mango, although both are exotic and delicious-tasting fruits. The mangosteen received its scientific name from Laurentius Garcin, an eighteenth-century French physician and explorer who traveled widely throughout Southeast Asia. In 1735 Dr. Garcin wrote of the mangosteen that, “One may eat a great deal of this fruit without any inconvenience, and it is the only one which sick people may be allowed to eat without any...

Mangosteen: A Wonderful Little Fruit...

By David A. Morton, Ph.D I’ve studied the mangosteen fruit for close to a decade now and I am continually intrigued by what this wonderful, little fruit can do. I think I may have read just about everything ever written about the mangosteen and collaborated with experts the world over. I have met individuals whose health and lives have changed because of mangosteen—I’ve even experienced improved health myself. In my experience, the best source of the whole mangosteen fruit is XanGo. Researchers use either the whole fruit, the pericarp or extracted components such...