Mangostin — exotic fruit which homeland consider the countries of Southeast Asia where it is cultivated. Most of all plant suits a tropical humid climate, in other climatic conditions it is grown up in botanical gardens. We will talk about useful properties of the ekzot in this article.
Description
In Latin fruit is called by Garcinia mangostana, also other its names — mangustin are known, a mangostan, mannut. The fruit has spherical shape, with a dense dark-violet peel.
In the lower part of fruit there are peculiar petals by which quantity it is possible to recognize, of how many segments it consists, the quantity fluctuates from four to ten shares. Pulp of a mangustin of white color, fleshy and juicy, the core contains stones. By the size a fruit up to 8 cm in the diameter. According to the description its taste reminds orange.
Structure and nutrition value of a mangostin
- vitamins: And, With, E, practically all group B is B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9;
- minerals: zinc, copper, phosphorus, iron, manganese;
- macrocells: magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium;
- xanthans (polyphenols);
- cellulose;
- sucrose.
Nutrition value:
- caloric content of a mangostin — 65 kcal / 100;
- proteins — 0.6 g;
- carbohydrates — 15.5 g;
- fats — 0.6 g.
Whether you know? Mangustina are applied not only in cookery, of wood of trees do furniture, of a peel — black dye, also its enzymes use when tanning skin, and chew young branches of a tree in Africa for toothbrushing and strengthening of gums.
Useful properties
Regular consumption of fruit renders a wide range of useful effects on an organism. Juice of a fresh fruit creates an alkaline environment in which pathogenic microorganisms perish, at the same time useful microflora remains.
Exchange processes, digestion processes improve, cholesterol level in blood is regulated. At the expense of it harmful fats are quicker burned that promotes weight reduction. The improved metabolism well affects all GIT system.
The fruit strengthens the immune system of an organism, active agents in its structure protect from aggressive influence of the external environment. The group of vitamins B improves activity of a brain, memory and concentration of attention, working capacity.
The bee perga, goat milk, fennel greens, whey, kalganovy root, sunflower and chestnut honey, cucumber, black mountain ash, strawberry, lemon and potato juice also promote strengthening of immunity.
The useful effect is had on skin, thanks to the enzymes promoting production of elastin and collagen.
Vitamins E in structure feed and humidify integuments. Fruit has the wound healing and regenerating effect, helps to fix dermatological problems, having pernicious effect on fungi and bacteria.
The structure rich with minerals improves work of a cardiovascular system, strengthening walls of vessels and a cardiac muscle, participating in blood formation process, reduces attacks of migraines, normalizes pressure. The ability to level inflammatory processes is useful at diseases of joints: rheumatism, arthritis.
The salmon, blueberry, fruit of a pomelo, dried apricots, chia seeds, oats, salad of a chuk, black radish, tilapia and fat also favorably influence a cardiovascular system.
Thanks to the regular use, work of an endocrine system improves, the general hormonal background and a tone of all organism is normalized. A number of the conducted researches speaks about negative impact of xanthans on cells of malignant tumors, under the influence of these substances of a cage perish.
Harm and contraindications
It is not recommended to use fruit in the following cases:
- at the increased acidity of a stomach;
- along with the drugs diluting blood;
- with sedative medicines.
Important! Exotic fruit, unusual therefore allergic reaction is possible, but there are no toxic substances in structure. It is necessary to try a small amount to be convinced of lack of intolerance.
Application in medicine
Pharmacologists use antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of a fruit, add to composition of medicines for treatment of skin diseases, to cosmetics.
Whether you know? It agrees the ancient Buddhist to a legend, this fruit found the first and Buddha Gautama tried, it opened an unusual and nutritious fruit for people. According to it it is called fruit of Gods.
It is popular mangustin and in traditional medicine for treatment of such states:
- dysentery;
- diarrhea;
- ureteritis, cystitis;
- fever;
- painful symptoms and violations of a cycle at critical days;
- stomatitises and inflammations of gums;
- bleedings;
- wounds and burns.
Medicines are cooked from pulp, juice, seeds, a peel, bark of trees and leaves.
Where to buy and how to choose?
Considering overseas origin of fruit, to find them fresh it is problematic therefore it is necessary to know selection criteria:
- large fruits with existence of greens on a top more juicy also contain less seeds;
- leaves at the same time have to be green;
- the peel has to be whole without visible damages and cracks, dense and not dry;
- by pressing the peel has to spring slightly;
- color is uniform, without spots.
It is important! If the integrity of a peel is broken, color is non-uniform, there are light or dark stains — it speaks about violation of the rules of transportation and possible perversity of a product.
How is mangustin?
The fruit is cleaned with accurate circular motions by a sharp knife, trying not to touch pulp, or make an incision a peel in the lower part and remove it. Mangustin it is possible to eat fresh, to squeeze out of him juice or to cook fruit and vegetable salads. Fruit preserve, cook jam and jams, freeze and dry.
Do desserts (mousses and jelly), cocktails with milk of pulp. Add how a stuffing, to pies and cakes, to ice cream and other desserts. Fruit is also added to sauces and gas stations secondly dishes. The refined relish is impacted by fruits to seafood dishes: shrimps, squids and other.
Study useful and harmful properties of such exotic fruit as a papaya, grapefruit, avocado, a feijoa, mango, a lime, rambutan, pomegranate and a kiwi.
Storage conditions
Mangustin store in the dry cool room, no more than twenty days. Then a peel, and behind it and pulp dry, losing the properties and tastes. It is possible to store about two weeks in the fridge on the shelf with vegetables.
In conclusion there is a wish to add that in the countries where fruit is cultivated, the season of sales begins since May and lasts approximately till September. Because of difficulties of transportation fruits — a rarity in our shops, but it is possible to find an alternative — juice or candied fruits. At the correct processing by the producer they do not lose useful properties.