Mangosteen is not a new kind of fruit. However, it is a tropical fruit and is not readily available in many countries including the US. Since the fruit is not available, a US scientist will find it hard to conduct a mangosteen research. Because of the lack of availability of fresh mangosteen, you will not find many mangosteen research publications by official or trusted sources.

A good mangosteen research publication is hard to find but there are many people publishing the health benefits or health claims of mangosteen. They claim that they have done some mangosteen research but whether you trust them or not is a case by case basis. An official report on the health benefits of mangosteen is much needed by mangosteen lovers.

Some companies have biased opinions on the benefits of mangosteen because they want to sell products that are based on mangosteen. The more people believing in how healthy mangosteen is, the more products they will sell. So, a mangosteen research that shows lots of impressive health benefits is desirable.

Some mangosteen research by small companies that sell mangosteen products show useful facts about mangosteen. Plus, you know that people in tropical countries have consumed mangosteen as fruit and in juice form for a very long time and they are healthy. However, what in mangosteen contribute to good health requires more detailed mangosteen research to be done.

A company such as Xango has done a good job at doing mangosteen research and convincing people of the health benefits of mangosteen. Xango's flagship product is the Xango mangosteen juice or 'Xango juice' that comes in bottles that you are supposed to take as a dietary supplement daily.

Xango, being one of the companies that capitalize on mangosteen fruit the most, has published many facts from their mangosteen research. For example, mangosteen has very high antioxidants which fight free radicals that harm the body. A research on the effects of antioxidants goes hand in hand with a mangosteen research.

Lots of health benefits of a mangosteen that any mangosteen research will show result from a compound called xanthones. You may have heard about the health benefits of phytonutrients. Xanthones are very powerful phytonutrients which help the body become healthy. Most of the xanthones are in the rind of mangosteen.

The problem is that people who eat mangosteen fruit do not eat the rind, they are pretty much inedible. They are hard and taste bad. So, to benefit from the abundant xanthones in mangosteen, you may want to opt for drinking the juice instead of eating the fruit.

Lots more research on mangosteen need to be done. Even a good mangosteen research that shows many health benefits of a mangosteen needs to be tested and proven again and again to discount coincidences. The FDA has not confirmed most of the findings from a mangosteen research.

Although, more mangosteen research needs to be done before any concrete evidence is found and conclusive findings published, anyone drinking mangosteen juice or eating this tropical fruit often say that the feel the health benefits from the fruit or juice. Over time, more scientists will conduct mangosteen research and experiments on the fruit and people will know for sure how healthy mangosteen is.