Amorphophallus konjac is a kind of rhizome plant, which has many functions. Konjac powder is made from Amorphophallus konjac, which has certain effects of lowering blood fat, lowering blood sugar, preventing cancer and relaxing bowels. Konjac powder contains a substance called glucomannan, which is very absorbent and easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body.
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major constituent
It mainly contains polysaccharides, such as grape mannan and mannan.
Organic acids, such as citric acid, cinnamic acid, eicosene, etc. Glycosides, such as 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde glucoside (3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde d- glucoside), etc. In addition, it also contains a variety of amino acids, crude protein and other ingredients.
The main nutritional components of konjac vary with varieties. For example, the content of glucomannan in white konjac is high, the content of glucomannan in dry matter can reach more than 60%, and the content of starch is low; Konjac verrucosa contains very little glucomannan, but the starch content is as high as 77%. Calculated by dry weight 100g, the dry matter content of konjac is generally about 20g, glucomannan is 30-60g, starch 10-50g and soluble sugar 1.5- 10g.
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