Antibacterial Activity Test of Mangosteen Plants (Garcinia Mangostana L.): A Review

Background: Bacterial infection was a health problem thathard to overcome, due the presence of bacterial resistance current antibacterial drugs. Therefore, use herbal antibacterials is an alternative that can be used. Mangosteen (Garciniamangostana L.) plant contains xanthone compounds and its derivatives have antimicrobial, antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV activity.Part mangosteen used as medicinal such bark, fruit peel, fruit, seeds, leaves.This review aimed determine effectiveness inhibitory diameter resulting.
 Data Collection: The author created this article by conducting literature studies. works were collected from national international journals in last ten years (2010-2020) pharmaceutical scientific books. trusted online journal sites digital library, PubMed, PubChem, ScienceDirect, NCBI, Elsevier, Researchgate, Google Scholar, Springer, other E-resource with keyword "mangosteen”, “Garcinia mangostana L”, “antibacterial activity”, “inhibitor zone”. 
 Result: According showed leaves, seeds effective antibacterialfor several types bacteria.
 Conclusion:N-hexane extracted peel has potential activity at concentration 15.62 mg/ml inhibit growth Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923 17mm.