Local Name - Kocom Extract
Botanical Name - Garcinia cambogia / Garcinia Indica
Plant Part used - Dried Fruit Rind
Specification (Marker compound) -Hydroxy Citric Acid 50% - 60%
Description - Garcinia Cambogia/ Indica (Kocom) belongs to the family Clusiaceae is the most important species of Garcinia genus. It is a moderate sized tree grows in the western ghats of South India and forest of Nilgiris. Leaves dark glossy green, elliptic-obovate, opposite. Flowers orange-reddish. Fruit which is commercially important part, globular, brown,dark brown colored with deep vertical grooves. Seeds enclosed within the succulent resinous fruit.

Main chemical constituents are tartaric acid, citric acid, phosphoric acid, two polyisoprenylated derivatives, camboginol and camdogin. Hydroxycitric acid inhibits the accumulation of fat as a result of consumption of carbohydrates and sugar, it activates the process of thermogenesis, It neutralizes the function of the enzyme ATP citrate lyase, thus lowers the fat and cholesterol accumulation, it increases serotonin level (a neurotransmitter) and reduces the appetite , it inhibits the lipid and fatty acid synthesis and lowers the synthesis of triglyserides and LDL and it promotes the glycogen storage in liver and muscles.

The fruits extracted and purified and converted desired salt like, Ca, K, & Na, at various concentrations.
Therapeutic Applications:

• It is helpful in weight loss and in obesity.
• It is helpful in rheumatism, edema and intestinal parasites.
• It is helpful in delayed menstruation.
• It is useful in bowel complaints and acidity.
• It possesses good amount of Vitamin C and act as cardiac tonic.