Antioxidant activity of Garcinia mangostana L and alpha mangostin: A review

Garcinia mangostana L or Mangosteen is being used traditionally as a medicine. Mangosteen is a tropical fruit harvested from trees, geographically distributed in Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka with a long history of traditional medicinal usage for the treatment of chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, infected wounds, skin infections and antioxidant activities. Alpha mangostin, a chemical entity from mangosteen and it has been reported to have a wide spectrum of biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, anti-tumour, antidiabetic activity, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiparasitic and anti-obesity. This review aims to highlight the antioxidant activity of Garcinia mangostana L and alpha mangostin.