Garcinia cambogia is a tropical plant, belongs to the family Guttiferae under Clusiaceae, native to India and Southeast Asia. It looks like a cross between a pumpkin and a tomato and also known in various names- GarciniaCambogia, garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar Tamarind, kudampuli (pot tamarind), brindleberry, AsamGelugoretc.
Garcinia has been used for centuries in Asian countries for culinary purposes as a condiment and flavouring agent in place of tamarind or lemon and to make meals more filling. Besides its use as a flavouring agent, the dried rind of G. cambogia combined with salt and other organic acids can help to lower the pH and thus provides a bacteriostatic effect in curing fish.
500 mg of lyophilised extract of Garciniacambogia given three times a day for eight weeks reduces body weight gain, cholesterol and triglycerides in overweight humans, without showing any adverse effects.
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