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Alpha Mangostin or Mangosteen

SandiaBuddy
SandiaBuddy CSN Member Posts: 1,381 Member

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with alpha mangostin or mangosteen as a dietary supplement?  It is supposed to help make 5FU more effective, at least in test-tube experiments.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5083978/

Thanks.