of the tropical tree Garcinia mangostana L. (Clusiaceae), regarded as “the queen of fruit,” have demonstrated interesting biological activities. Studies have been conducted to examine the anticancer properties of the extracts or xanthones obtained from the fruit hulls of this plant species against colon preneoplastic lesions, DNA topoisomerases I and II, human leukemia (HL60, K562, NB4, U937, P...