Getting to know the Porang Plant and its Benefits
Maybe there are still many who do not know or even hear porang plants, so this article will discuss more clearly about porang plants and their benefits for human life.
The following is a complete explanation of porang plants, listened to completion.
What Are Porang Plants
Porang plant which has the Latin name Amorphophallus Muelleri Blume is a type of tuber plant belonging to the Araceae family and Monokotiledoneae class, this plant itself produces a tuber that contains glucomannan which looks almost similar to flour.
Glucomannan is a natural fiber that dissolves easily in water and is also extracted from the roots of an elephant yam which is also known as konjac mannan.
Glucomannan is a water-soluble polysaccharide that is often regarded as one of the very good dietary fiber for health.
This substance is a component of hemicellulose in the cell walls of several plant species and is commonly used as a food additive and as an emulsifier and thickener.
Besides porang tubers also have high minerals that are important for metabolism, namely potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus as well as elements such as selenium, zinc, and copper.
Porang tubers can be made into chips, chips after refining into flour are made with various foods, including noodles, tofu and low-calorie artificial rice.
Furthermore, porang can be processed into chips and glucomannan flour.
Porang Plant Cultivation
Porang plants are now widely cultivated, one of the largest centers of cultivation of porang plants is located in the Village Klangon located in the District of Saradan, Madiun Regency, East Java.
The results of the cultivation of porang plants themselves have been widely exported to several countries to be used as cosmetic ingredients, noodles, glue, agar and many others.
One of the countries that receives the most exports from porang plants is Japan and China because the economic value possessed by these plants is high enough to make local villagers interested in starting to develop porang plants.
Porang Plant Shape
Porang plant it self has an irregular round shape.
Benefits of Porang
Porang plants produce tubers that contain flour-shaped Glucomannan. Glucomannan itself is a natural fiber that is water soluble and is extracted from the roots of an elephant yam.
which is also known as konjac mannan. Glucomannan is commonly used as a food additive as an emulsifier and thickener.
Porang being hunted by investors is not without reason. Because this one plant is known to have many benefits.
A number of these benefits include:
- As an environmentally friendly glue making material.
- Mixing on paper making so strong and weak.
- Replacement of microbial growth media.
- Glucomannan in porang plants in the form of gel can be used as an excellent substitute for silicon gel as an electrical insulator.
- Mixing materials for aircraft and parachute components.
- In Japan, these ingredients are preferred for shiratake or konyaku noodles.
- As a water purifier
- Binder formulation of tablets.
- As a thickener of syrup and glue on ice cream so that it doesn't easily / doesn't melt quickly.
- Reducing cholesterol levels in the blood and slowing the emptying of the stomach and accelerating satiety making it suitable for diet food for diabetics.
- Porang is a fiber that is naturally soluble in water and translucent and is gelatinous and odorless so that it can be used as a substitute for agar.
- Contains vitamins A and B higher than potatoes.
- The carbohydrate content is more than 80 percent.
- Fabric-making mixtures, paper adhesives, paints, cotton and wool fabrics, and imitation materials which have better properties than milum and are cheaper in price.
- Substitute gelatin as an ingredient in negative film, isolator, and celluloid because of its cellulose-like nature. So it can be a substitute for cellulose in the film.
- Mannan's solution when mixed with glycerin or sodium hydroxide can be made waterproof.
- Mannan is also used to purify water and purify floating parts of the keloids in the beer, sugar, oil and fiber industries.
- Porang is used in the textile industry as a substitute for starch so that cotton, linen, wool and imitation fabrics are more shiny
Summarized from various sources
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