Product Name | Konjac Powder | Brand Name | DN Biology |
Specification | Glucomannan 60% 90% | Appearance | White Powder |
Part Used | Fruits | Grade | Pharmaceutical and Food |
Storage | Store in cool dry place,avoid sunlight and high temperature. | ||
Konjac is a kind of perennial herbage plant with low energy, low protein, and high fiber, glucomannan is the main component of konjac. Konjac contains more than ten kinds of amino acid required by human body, microelement and unsaturated fatty acid, it is effective in tumor resisting, blood health keeping and weight-losing.
Funtions or Efficacy
Reduces postprandial (after-meal) glycemia (slow release carbohydrate).
Improves diabetic control ( ADA:fiber supplement required for long-term diabetic control).
Lowers blood cholesterol (¡°drug like¡± effect ¨C19-29% lowering).
Lowers blood pressure (rarely seen with fiber).
Controls appetite and reduces body weight (4-fold multi-impact effect).
Increases insulin sensitivity (treatment and prevention of syndrome).
Improves syndrome-X (unique effects- presently no treatment available).
Control the insulin resistant syndrome and the development of diabetes II.
Reducing heart disease.
Application
In the chemical industry: Because the Konjac glucomannan average molecular weight of 200,000 up to 2,000,000 is so big, the viscidity is high, and the fluidity is good, it has been applied to the chemical industries such as petroleum, the dye printing cataplasm, the terra film, the diaper, the medicine capsule and so on.
In the health care industry: Modulate the metabolism of lipid , decline the serum triglyceride and cholesterol, improve sugar resistance and prevent the diabetes, relief the constipation and prevent intestines cancer, produce no energy and prevent the fatness ,modulate the immunity function.
In the food industry: Making the gelling food, used as the food thickening agent and adherence agent such as the jelly ,ice cream, gruel, meat, flour food, solid drink ,jam etc.