The urinary excretion of soya isoflavones and gut microflora metabolites was investigated in infants and children who had been fed soya-based infant formulas in early infancy. These infants and children were compared with cows'-milk formula-fed controls, to determine at what age gut microflora metabolism of daidzein to equol and/or O-desmethylangolensin (O-DMA) was established, and whether expo...

This study aimed at determining the proximate, functional, and physicochemical properties of Basella alba whole flour (BWF) protein concentrate (BPC) for use as food ingredients with a view to improve their utilization by producing from its content which will serve cheap but abundant source protein. OAU farm provided fresh leaves. The stalk was quickly cut off, leaves were cleaned under running...

Soya and peanut are botanically closely related and share cross-reacting antigens, but compared to soya, peanut allergy has a higher prevalence with more severe allergic reactions. Furthermore, the threshold dose for eliciting reactions is higher for soya. A difference in undigested protein absorption between the two foods, might explain this diversity.In the current study the amount of soya pr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of intake of soya food, a rich source of phytoestrogens, with the risk of endometrial cancer. DESIGN Population based case-control study, with detailed information on usual soya food intake over the past five years collected by face to face interview using a food frequency questionnaire. SETTING Urban Shanghai, China. PARTICIPANTS 832 incident cases o...

A nutrition study was conducted to evaluate the growth response of weaned piglets fed diets containing soya beans that had been processed into protein supplements at two different levels of dry matter (DM) and temperature. Four diets contained protein supplements prepared from whole full-fat soya beans equilibrated at 800 or 900 g kgÿ1 DM prior to being heated to 110 or 1258C. An additional die...

Ageing women may choose to drink soya milk to reduce menopausal symptoms. As fermentation enriches soya milk with isoflavone aglycones, its beneficial qualities may improve. To reduce osteoporotic risk, however, soya milk must be Ca enriched, and it is not known how fermentation affects Ca bioavailability. A randomised crossover pilot study was undertaken to compare the Ca absorption of fortifi...

The jamun seeds are considered as waste products from industry and usually thrown out. have enormous nutraceutical properties they contain bioactive compounds. present study was designed to develop a multigrain mix incorporating seed powder. Efforts were made prepare powder ing combinations of whole wheat flour, defatted soya foxtail millet prepared by at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 % levels subjected organ...

We investigated the effects of consuming an isoflavone aglycone-enriched soya milk containing viable bifidobacteria on urinary isoflavone excretion and percentage recovery. Sixteen postmenopausal women were randomly divided into two groups to consume either fermented or non-fermented soya milk. Each group participated in a double-blind, crossover study with three 14 d supplementation periods, s...