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The consumption of Irvingia gabonensis, a fleshy West African Fruit (commonly known as African Mango) is common in traditional Nigerian and Cameroonian cuisine.

Studies * have shown that African Mango extract (extracted from the seeds of the fruit):

1. Produced positive result in terms of weight management among the participants of the studies.

2. Assist with the maintenance of a healthy blood glucose level.

3. Assist with the maintenance of a healthy blood lipids (fat) level.

Other African mango capsules sold over the internet also contains caffeine and do not disclose the strength of the extract or the quantity used. This was done through words such as “proprietary blend containing....”.

Rather than filling our capsules with extract of the seeds of the fruits, Advance Nutraceuticals’ African Mango capsules contain 170mg of Mangiferin, the active ingredient that was quoted in African Mango studies that assist with weight management.

*1. IGOB131, a novel seed extract of the West African plant Irvingia gabonensis, significantly reduces body weight and improvesmetabolic parameters in overweight humans in a randomizeddouble-blind placebo controlled investigation

Judith L Ngondi1, Blanche C Etoundi1, Christine B Nyangono1,

Carl MF Mbofung2 and Julius E Oben*1

2. The effect of Irvingia gabonensis seeds on body weight and blood

lipids of obese subjects in Cameroon

Judith L Ngondi, Julius E Oben* and Samuel R Minka

3. The use of a Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in

the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo-controlled

study

Julius E Oben*1, Judith L Ngondi1, Claudia N Momo1, Gabriel A Agbor1,2

and Caroline S Makamto Sobgui1,2