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Research on Mangos Health Benefits
Vitamin Powerhouse
One small mangos provides a quarter of your recommended daily allowance for vitamin C, nearly two thirds of your daily quota for vitamin A, good amounts of vitamin E and fibre. They also contain vitamin K, phosphorus and magnesium. Mangoes are particularly rich in potassium which can help reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
Pectin Lowers Cancer Risk
Mangoes also contain pectin, a soluble dietary fibre, which has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels. Recently, scientists at The Institute for Food Research, discovered that a fragment released from pectin binds to, and inhibits galectin 3, a protein that plays a role in all stages of cancer progression. Other population studies, including the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer, have identified a strong link between eating lots of fibre and a lower risk of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.
Low Calorie
Mangos are a considered a high volume food which means you get a lot of food for a relatively small amount of calories one mangos contains around 135 calories. However, they are quite high in natural sugar with one mangos containing around 30g.
Antioxidant Properties of Mangos
Nowadays, particular attention is paid to nutrients capable of counteracting oxidative stress. A certain number of reactive oxygen species, or ROS, including superoxide anions, hydroxyls, and hydrogen peroxide, are produced in the human body. Some of them, such as superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide, are physiologically generated during the electron transfer in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Other species, as the hydroxyl radical, one of the more dangerous ROS, is produced by the Fenton reaction, causing the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ These derivatives of oxygen, highly unstable and particularly reactive, oxidize atoms or organic molecules, especially cell components such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Mangos
Several studies showed that phytochemicals contained in mangos play an anti-inflammatory role in several chronic pathological disorders associated with inflammatory responses. Inflammatory bowel diseases, primarily including ulcerative colitis, are disorders that are characterised by chronic inflammation and mucosal damage in the large intestine. This is associated with an increased risk of colon and rectal cancers. Although the exact aetiology of this disease is not fully known, the mucosa of patients has been shown to produce large quantities of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α. These, in turn, induce the expression of enzymes associated with inflammation, such as iNOS and COX-2. The expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines is regulated by the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB), a transcriptional factor whose level has been found increased in the mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease patients.
Anticancer Effects of Mangos
Bioactive components contained in the different parts of mangos have also shown anticancer activity in different tumour cell lines. Nguyen et al. showed that a methanol bark extract of Mangos exerts cytotoxic effects in pancreatic cancer cells that correlated, among the isolated bioactive compounds, with mangiferolate and isoambolic acid. Ethanolic extract of mangos exocarp induced apoptosis in human cervix adenocarcinoma HeLa cells by downregulating the anti-apoptotic factor Bcl-2 and activating caspase proteases. This effect may be related to the presence of quercetin 3-O-galactoside, mangiferin gallate, isomangiferin gallate, quercetin-3-O-arabinopyranoside, and mangiferin. Furthemore, an aqueous extract of mango mesocarp has been reported to exert antitumor activity in a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line, as well as in a rodent model of colorectal cancer.
Although only mesocarp is the edible fraction of the mangos fruit, some cultures also used to eat the mangos exocarp, probably knowing that the fruit peel contains a significant amount of healthful compounds that are present only in small amounts in the mesocarp. However, exocarp consumption can also promote an allergic reaction in some people because of either the presence of the oily organic allergen urushiol in the fruit peel, or the presence of pesticides used to counteract bacterial infections that can seriously affect plant life.
Nutritional Value of Mangos
Calories 107
Protein 0.84 g
Carbohydrate 28 g
Total Fat 0.45 g
Fiber 3 g
Vitamin A 6425 IU
Vitamin C 45.7mg
Magnesium 18 mg
Potassium 300 mg
Calcium 20 g
Cholesterol 0 g
Saturated fat 0 g
Traces of manganese, selenium, iron.
Sodium and phosphorus.
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