Anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac

Authors

  • Hidekatsu Yanai Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
  • Hiroki Adachi Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
  • Hisayuki Katsuyama Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
  • Hidetaka Hamasaki Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
  • Akahito Sako Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31989/ffhd.v5i4.178

Abstract

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

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Published

2015-04-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2015): April 2015

Section

Review Articles

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