Food allergies and intolerances have increased during the last decades and regulatory authorities have taken different measures to prevent and manage consumers' adverse reactions, including correct labelling of foods. Aim of this work was to search for soybean and lactose in meat products and meat preparations taken from retail in some provinces of Campania Region (Southern Italy) and to evalua...

The objective of this work was to ascertain the presence and degree of simple sequence repeat (SSR) DNA length polymorphism in the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. A search of GenBank revealed no (CA)n or (GT)n SSRs with n greater than 8 in soybean. In contrast, 5 (AT)n and 1 (ATT)n SSRs with n ranging from 14 to 27 were detected. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers to regions flanking the...

Plants recognize invading pathogens and respond biochemically to prevent invasion or inhibit colonization in plant cells. Enhancing this response in crop plants could improve sustainable methods to manage plant diseases. To enhance disease resistance in soybean, the soybean phytoalexin glyceollin was assessed in soybean hairy roots of two soybean genotypes, Spencer and PI 567374, transformed wi...

Japanese fermented soybeans (natto in Japanese), which contain a large amount of menaquinone-7, may help prevent the development of osteoporosis. We assessed the possibility of an association between habitual natto intake and bone mineral density (BMD) and BMD change over time in healthy Japanese women who participated in a large representative cohort study (Japanese Population-based Osteoporos...

This study aims at to elucidate the nature and chemical component of rancid flavor of oils which are differently oxidized and also to discuss the effect on such rancidities by the different fatty acid composition of oils and by the different extent of the oxidation. The flavors of rancid soybean, corn and olive oil were evaluated by the organoleptic method and the natures of their flavors were ...

BACKGROUND The study reviews the anticancer properties of natural isoflavones which occur in especially high concentration in soybeans. It considers the suitability of soybean products for clinical trials aiming to reduce the progression of breast cancer. METHODS Evidence is reviewed that plant isoflavones such as genistein show cytostatic activity against human mammary cancer cell lines in v...

Soybean is a major ingredient in non-ruminant animal diets throughout the world. There is an extensive body of information suggesting that soybean is an excellent source of high quality protein, whereas less attention has been paid to soybean oligosaccharides. Soybean oligosaccharides, also referred to as ┙-galacto-oligosaccharides, oligosaccharides of the raffinose family or simply ┙-galactosi...

In this study, the suitable areas for soybean in China were presented by GIS-based Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) approach. We collected datas of environmental conditions and soybean growth associated factors, then, by the GIS technology we established spatial database of regional weather, topography, and soil conditions. Using the Spatial Analyst, the Spatial Interpolation, the Reclassificati...

the Japanese have eaten since ancient times. It contains several biologically active components that may contribute individually or synergistically to the health benefit. As consumers in the world are becoming increasingly aware of the health benefits of soybean, attention has turned to the way to take soybeans that provide improved taste, functional characteristics, and health benefits. Many s...