Table 1.

Effects of yacon consumption on colorectal cancer.

Yacon Source	Research, Subject Randomized, Dose and Duration	Health Properties	References
Dried extract of yacon root	Mouse (BALB/c) Dose: 340 mg/kg day in diet, for 75 days	Growth of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli	Bonet et al. [16]
Dried extract of yacon root	Rats (Wistar) Dose: 0.5%, 1.0% (20.4% FOS) in diet for 13 weeks	Reduce tumor multiplicity, preneoplastic lesions and cell proliferation	De Moura et al. [27]
Aqueous extract of yacon root	Rats (Wistar) Dose: 2.2 mL (1% FOS) for 8 months	Reduce DNA damage and cell proliferation	Almeida et al. [28]
Dried extract of yacon root	Mouse (BALB/c) Dose: 3.0%, 5% FOS in diet for 30 days	Improves the immune parameters	Delgado et al. [46]