Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) flesh supplementation attenuates biochemical and morphological changes in the liver and kidney of high fat diet-induced obese rats

• Main Authors: Noratirah Shazlin Muhamad Adyab (Author), Asmah Rahmat (Author), Noor Atiqah Aizan Abdul Kadir (Author), Hawa Jaafar (Author), Radhiah Shukri (Author), Nurul Shazini Ramli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mangosteen is a native fruit from Southeast Asia. It is rich in phenolic compounds such as xanthones, anthocyanins and phenolic acids. Mangosteen pericarp extract showed inhibitory activity towards pancreatic lipase and may have potential use for obesity treatment. However, there...