Description
Soy bean
is a leguminous plants like peas or
green beans. Soybeans can bind nitrogen from the air in the soil.
Soy can be grown on a variety of soils and a wide range of
climates, ranging form tropical Brazil to the snowy island Hokkaido
in Japan. The soy bean plant is an erect hairy plant of about 0.7
to 1.4 m with large trifoliate leaves, white or flowers and pods
with only one to four seeds. The soy beans are almost spherical in
shape and are light yellow coloured, although some varieties are
green, brown or black.
Soy isoflavones
are naturaly present in the soy bean.
The soy bean (Glycine max) has been known to man kind in its
original area, Asia for ***0 years. Soy was considered as one of
the 5 holy crops, besides rice, wheat, barley and millet.Soy has
been used in the Western world only since the *0th
century.
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Actions and
pharmacology: Soy, a staple food in many Asian
countries, contains valuable constituents, including protein,
isoflavones, saponins, and phytosterols. Soy protein provides
essential amino acids and can be used as effectively as animal
protein by adults. It is also low in fat and cholesterol-free. The
isoflavones in soy,  primarily genistein and daidzein,
have been well researched by scientists for their antioxidant and
phytoestrogenic properties. Saponins enhance immune function and
bind to cholesterol to limit its absorption in the intestine.
Phytosterols and other components of soy have been reported to
lower cholesterol levels. Â
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Disease
Prevention
Cardiovascular
Disease
Serum
Cholesterol
Effects on
Arterial Function
Hormone-associated
Cancers
Breast
Cancer
Endometrial
Cancer
Prostate
Cancer
Osteoporosis
The main application:
1.  Applied in food field , it is added into kinds of beverage ,liquor and foods as functional food  additive
2.  applied in health product field , it is widely added into various kinds of health products to prevent chronic diseases or relief symptom of climacteric syndrome.
3.  applied in cosmetics field, it is widely added into the cosmetics with the function of delaying aging and compacting skin, thus make skin much smooth and delicateÂ
4.  owning estrogenic effect and reliefing symptom of climacteric syndrome.
The main function:
1. to protect from osteoporosis
2. to enhance immune function
3. to lower cholesterol levels
4. to reduce the risk of hormone-dependent cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer ,as well as other cancers
5. owning estrogenic effect and reliefing symptom of climacteric syndrome.
