Anti-atherosclerotic effects of konjac | Functional Foods in Health and Disease - Online ISSN: 2160-3855; Print ISSN: 2378-7007 Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer Open Menu Functional Foods in Health and Disease - Online ISSN: 2160-3855; Print ISSN: 2378-7007 Home Food Science Publisher Functional Food Center Current Archives About About the Journal Aims and Scope Contact Editing Services Editorial Team Express Peer Review Graphical Abstract Journal Insights Privacy Statement Submissions Announcements Search Search Register Login Home / Archives / Vol. 5 No. 4 (2015): April 2015 / Review Articles 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 Downloads [Abstract] [Full Article] Published 2015-04-30 Issue Vol. 5 No. 4 (2015): April 2015 Section Review Articles License Authors retain the copyright of their articles and grant the Functional Food Center (FFC) and its journals the right of first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, including commercial use, provided the original author(s) and source are properly credited. Authors may post and share their published work freely, provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged. By submitting to this journal, authors confirm that their manuscripts are original, not under consideration elsewhere, and that they hold the necessary rights to grant this license. The Functional Food Center encourages open scientific exchange and allows derivative and extended works, provided attribution to the original publication is maintained. About the Journal      Editing Services      Graphical Abstract      Journal Insights        Submissions        Editorial Team       Privacy Statement        Contact        Current        Archives   Open Journal Systems Hosting and Support by: OpenJournalSystems.com