Konjac acts as a natural laxative by increasing stool bulk and improving colonic ecology in healthy adults

Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1112-1119

  Chen, Hsiao Ling ^a   Cheng, Han Chung ^a   Liu, Yann Jiu ^a,b   Liu, Su Yuan ^a   Wu, Wen Tze ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Defecation; Glucomannan; Konjac; Short chain fatty acid; Stool bulk

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; MANNAN; PLACEBO; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KONJAC; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CATHARTICS; COLON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEFECATION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750630669     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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