Irvingia Gabonensis - IGOB131

Commonly Known as Bush Or Wild Mango, Etima Seed, Ogbono, Ogbolo.

Researchers at the University of Yaounde in Cameroon conducted the first double blinded randomized placebo controlled clinical trial to evaluate IGOB131 a seed extract from the bush mango (Irvingia Gabonesis) and its antiobesity effects on obese human volunteers.

The study consisted of more than one hundred healthy obese men and women randomly divided into two groups. On a daily basis the group received either 150 mg of igob131 or a matching placebo in a double blinded fashion, half an hour to an hour before lunch and dinner. After the  fourth, eighth, and tenth week of the study each subject was evaluated.

The results showed significant reductions in body weight, body fat and waist circumference. As well as improvements in total cholesterol, reduction in LDL cholesterol, blood glucose, C-Reactive protein

Conclusion: 150 mg of Irvingia Gabonensis extract taken twice daily one hour before meals reduces body fat in obese humans. The African mango extract may be helpful to thyroid patients that are overweight, however more research needs to be done.

In combination with a healthy diet and exercise the effects of the wild mango seed extract may be even more beneficial in reducing body weight.

For thousands of years West Africans made soups from the fruit and seed of the yellow Wild Mango (Irvingi Gabonensis). The seeds are grounded and combined with other spices when cooking vegetables, fish or meat dishes. These dishes are extremely popular in Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria.