Information
My goal is that www.mangosteens.com becomes the main site on the internet for information about mangosteens and goji berries. Here is a list of links on a variety of topics.
General Fruit Information
(Mangosteen-Julia Morton) Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971.
Food and feed crops of the United States.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mangosteen.html
From Fruits for the Future
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Mangosteen.html
South American Fruits Deserving Further Attention -Richard J. Campbell
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3
-431.html#Guttiferae
Codex Standard for Mangosteens
http://www.agribusinessonline.com/regulations/grades/
standards_codex/mangosteens.pdf
Growing tips
http://www.plantithawaii.com/plant_guide/mangosteen.htm
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap5/mangosteen.html
http://rics.ucdavis.edu/postharvest2/Produce/ProduceFacts/
Fruit/mangosteen.shtml
Where to Buy seeds
http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/guaycuyacu/fruits_1.html
http://www.fruitlovers.com
Health Benefits
Sloan Kettering Institute on Mangosteens:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc
Sloan Kettering Institute on Goji Berries:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69287.cfm
American Cancer Society:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3x_
Mangosteen_Juice.asp?sitearea=&level
Mangosteen Research Medical Journal Articles
Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Natural Xanthones from Garcinia
mangostana and Their Synthetic Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products.
1997.
Mangostin Induces Ca2+-ATPase-Dependent Apoptosis
via Mitochondrial Pathway in PC12 Cells. Journal of Pharmacological
Sciences. 2004.
Garcinone E, a Xanthone Derivative, has Potent Cytotoxic Affect Agaisnt
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines. Planta Medica. 2002.
Inhibitions of Histamine Release and Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis by
Mangosteen, a Thai Medicinal Plant. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
(Tokyo). 2002
Antimycobacterial Activity of Prenylated Xanthones from the Fruits of
Garcinia mangostana. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo). 2003.
Biological Activities of alpha-Mangostin Derivatives against
Acidic Sphingomyelinase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2003).
Preferential target is mitochondria in alpha-mangostin-induced
apoptosis in human leukemia HL60 cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
(2004)
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin E2 synthesis by
y-mangostin, a xanthone derivative in mangosteen, in C6 rat glioma cells. Biochemical Pharmacology (2002)
Pharmacological properties of alpha-mangostin, a novel histamine
H 1 receptor antagonist. European Journal of Pharmacology (1996)
Antiproliferative activity of Thai medicinal plant extracts on human
breast adenocarcinoma cell line. Fitoterapia (2004)
Antiproliferation, antioxidation and induction of apoptosis by
Garcinia mangostana (mangosteen) on SKBR3 human breast cancer cell line. Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
Antimalarial xanthones from Calophyllum caledonicum and Garcinia
vieillardii. Life Sciences (2004)
Xanthones from the heartwood of Garcinia mangostana.
Phytochemistry (2002)
Anti-inflammatory activity of mangostins from Garcinia mangostana
(Food and Chemical Toxocology) 2007
Effect of Garcinia mangostana on inflammation caused by Propionibacterium acnes
Fitoterapia (2007)
Goji Research Medical Journal Articles
Effect of the Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on age-related oxidative stress in aged mice.. Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
Neuroprotective effects of Lycium barbarum Lynn on protecting retinal ganglion cells in an ocular hypertension model of glaucoma.. Experimental Neurology (2007)
Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine Lycium barbarum against b-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity.. Experimental Gerontology (2005)
Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on the Improvement of Insulin Resistance in NIDDM Rats.. The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (2005)
Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on the Improvement of Antioxidant Ability and DNA Damage in NIDDM Rats.. The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (2006)
Characterization of the effects of anti-aging medicine Fructus lycii on B-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine (2007)
Enhanced bioavailability of zeaxanthin in a milk-based formulation of wolfberry (Gou Qi Zi; Fructus barbarum L.). British Journal of Nutrition (2006)
Use of Anti-aging Herbal Medicine, Lycium barbarum, Against Aging-associated Diseases. What Do We Know So Far?. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (2007)
Some skeptics
http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA326623/
(excepted from www. chetday.com/mangosteen.htm)
Xanthones, Mangosteen, and Xango-type Products
http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtxanthone.htm
Mayo Clinic (Mangosteen):
http://www.mayoclinic.com
Mayo Clinic (Goji):
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/goji-juice/AN01494
Dr.Weil on Goji Juice:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA355092
Though Dr.Weil does sell a goji food bar: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/PAG00346
Misc Info
Univ of Miss. – http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/mangosteen/
