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Soyfoods and soybean products: from traditional use to modern applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology volume 96, pages 9–22 (2012)Cite this article

Abstract

Soybean products (soyfoods), reported as potential functional foods, are implicated in several health-enhancing properties, such as easing the symptoms of postmenopausal women, reducing the risk of osteoporosis, preventing cardiovascular disease, and antimutagenic effects. Isoflavone, for example, is one of the most important compounds abundantly found in soybean, mainly accounting for the health-enhancing properties as mentioned earlier. However, most biological activities of isoflavones are mainly attributed to their aglycone forms. It has also been demonstrated that isoflavone aglycones are absorbed faster and in greater amount than their glycosides in human intestines. Fortunately, deglycosylation of isoflavones can be achieved during fermentation process by several strains such as lactic acid bacteria, basidiomycetes, filamentous fungus, and Bacillus subtilis with their β-glucosidase activity. This article presents an overview of soybean’s chemistry, application, state-of-the-art advances in soybean fermentation processing and products as well as their applications in food and pharmaceutical industries. Different compounds, such as isoflavone, dietary fibers, and proteins which exhibit significant bioactivities, are summarized. The roles of different microorganisms in bioconversion and enhancement of bioactivities of fermented soybean are also discussed.

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  1. Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Kuan-I Chen, Mei-Hui Erh, Cheng-Chun Chou & Kuan-Chen Cheng

  2. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Nan-Wei Su

  3. Institute of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wen-Hsiung Liu

  4. Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Kuan-Chen Cheng

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Chen, KI., Erh, MH., Su, NW. et al. Soyfoods and soybean products: from traditional use to modern applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 96, 9–22 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4330-7

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Keywords

  • Soyfoods
  • Soybean
  • Fermentation
  • Bioactive compounds
  • Food processing