Konjac glucomannan, a promising polysaccharide of Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch in health care

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 942-956

  Behera, Sudhanshu S ^a   Ray, Ramesh C ^b  

^a Government of Odisha   (India)

^b Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

Health benefits; Konjac glucomannan (KGM); Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; LACTOSE; LAXATIVE; LIPID; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLACEBO; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; (1-6)-ALPHA-GLUCOMANNAN; MANNAN; STARCH;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMORPHOPHALLUS; AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; COLITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCAPSULATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FLUOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE STRUCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND DRESSING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PHARMACOLOGY;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANIMALS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MANNANS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH;

EID: 84982851438     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: 18790003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.07.098     Document Type: Article

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