Summary of Chemistry dotoral thesis: Studies on extraction, purification and hydrolysis of glucomannan from Amorphophallus konjac K.Koch in Lam Dong, Vietnam and its anti-diabetic activities

The objectives of the thesis: Extraction, chemical charaterization of glucomannan from the tubers of Amorphophallus Konjac K.Koch in Lam Dong, Vietnam; parameter optimization for glucomannan hydrolysis reaction to make different types of low molecular weight glucomannan by different methods.