Nutritional and potential health benefits of konjac glucomannan, a promising polysaccharide of elephant foot yam, Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch: A review

Food Reviews International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-43

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Biju Patnaik University of Technology   (India)

^c Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

Bioprocessing; dietary fiber; konjac flour; konjac gel; konjac glucomannan; nutritional aspects

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ADDITIVES; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARDIOLOGY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISEASES; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDROGELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPROCESSING; DIETARY FIBERS; KONJAC FLOUR; KONJAC GELS; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS;

NUTRITION;

EID: 84988850714     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2015.1137310     Document Type: Review

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