MALABAR TAMARIND GARCINIA CAMBOGIA

MALABAR TAMARIND (Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr.) ++

Synonym:
Mangostana cambogia Gaertn.

Activities (Malabar Tamarind) :
Anorectic (1; FNF); Antilipolytic (1; FNF); Antiobesity (1; FNF); Antiseptic (f; WOI); ATP-Citrate-Lyase Inhibitor (1; FNF); Hypocholesterolemic (1; FNF); Hypotriglyceridemic (1; FNF); Laxative (f; WOI).

Indications (Malabar Tamarind) :
Constipation (f; WOI); Dyspepsia (f; WOI); High Cholesterol (1; FNF); High Triglycerides (1; FNF); Obesity (1; FNF); Rheumatism (f; WOI); Stomatosis (f; WOI).

Dosages (Malabar Tamarind) :
1500 mg HCA/day (JAMA); 1320 mg HCA in 3 doses/day (JAMA); 500 mg plant extract 3 ×/day (JAMA); 500 mg plant extract + 100 µg nickel chromium 3 ×/day (JAMA); 800 mg plant extract + 50 mg caffeine + 40 µg chromium picolinate 3 ×/day (JAMA); 1500 mg plant extract +1200 mg l-carnitine + 600 µg chromium picolinate/day (JAMA).

Extracts (Malabar Tamarind) :
Its a special type of hydroxycitric acid (HCA) that leads some promoters (and optimistic scientists they might have hired) to believe, and JAMA to disbelieve, that this is a good slimming agent. HCAs occur in several fruits; e.g., the mangosteen and tamarind.