Soy in Health and Disease Prevention

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Michihiro Sugano
CRC Press, 29 août 2005 - 328 pages
While the western world has only recently become enamored with the soybean, East Asia has been consuming and enjoying the associated health benefits of this versatile proteinaceous legume for centuries. The Japanese in particular have devoted much energy to unraveling the mysteries and revealing the science of this oil-rich bean. The Fuji Foundatio
 

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Chapter 2 Soy Proteins Cholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis
17
Chapter 3 Soy and Breast Cancer Prevention
43
Chapter 4 Adipocytokines
73
Chapter 5 Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Using Isoflavone Supplements and Proposal for Future Studies
87
Message from WHO CARDIAC Study and Dietary Intervention Studies
107
Chapter 7 Soy Allergy
123
Chapter 8 Longevity and AgeRelated Disease
139
Chapter 9 Soy Saponin
155
Chapter 11 Soy Sterols
199
Chapter 12 The Status of Human Trials Utilizing BowmanBirk Inhibitor Concentrate from Soybeans
207
Chapter 13 Bioactive Peptides Derived from Soy Protein
225
Chapter 14 Soy Peptides as Functional Food Material
235
Chapter 15 Fermented Soybean Components and Disease Prevention
251
Chapter 16 Soybean Components and Food for Specified Health Uses FOSHU
279
Perspectives
289
Index
299

Chapter 10 Role of Soy Lecithin in Lipid Metabolism
173

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Michihiro Sugano received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (KU), in Fukuoka, Japan. He served as head of the Department of Food Science and Technology, President of Prefectural University of Kumamoto (PUK), and as a member of the Dietary Guideline Examining Committee, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. He has also served as Vice President of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science (JSNFS) and has been a director or councillor of a number of food and nutrition-related academic societies in Japan. He is currently professor emeritus of KU and PUK, and director of the Fuji Foundation for Protein Research.

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