Anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac

Definition: The Konjac plant comes from the genus Amorphophallus. Japanese food uses Konjac cake. Konjac contains almost no calories and a great amount of dietary fiber. Here, we reviewed possible anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac, using the search Pubmed ®. Konjac ingestion is likely beneficia...

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Published inFunctional foods in health and disease Vol. 5; no. 4; p. 136
Main Authors Yanai, Hidekatsu, Adachi, Hiroki, Katsuyama, Hisayuki, Hamasaki, Hidetaka, Sako, Akahito
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2015
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Summary:Definition: The Konjac plant comes from the genus Amorphophallus. Japanese food uses Konjac cake. Konjac contains almost no calories and a great amount of dietary fiber. Here, we reviewed possible anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac, using the search Pubmed ®. Konjac ingestion is likely beneficially associated with obesity, blood pressure, lipid and glucose metabolism. However, evidence is lacking on the relationship between konjac ingestion and development of atherosclerotic diseases. To more fully understand the anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac, future studies, preferably with larger numbers of subjects, will be performed.Keywords: atherosclerosis, body weight, glucose, konjac mannan, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol
ISSN:2378-7007
2160-3855
DOI:10.31989/ffhd.v5i4.178