Exploring the Health Effects of Soy and Its Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2026 | Viewed by 168
Editor
Interests: food; soybean; antinutritional factors; lipooxygenases; protease inhibitors; lunasine; saponines; isoflavones; exposure; health; reproduction; thyroid; cancers; menopause; bone health
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Dear Colleagues,
Soybeans are one of the main legumes used in human food. Their production is the largest of all grain legumes. Indeed, soybeans are rich in high-quality protein, fiber, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. They also contain substances responsible for their preservation and that influence their interactions with their environment, including consumers, pests, and predators. Thus, like other legumes, soybeans contain antinutritional factors that are potentially active in various health problems. These include phytic acid, tannins, hemagglutinins, saponins, sapogenins, protease inhibitors, lipoxygenases, allergenic proteins, and polyphenols. The latter include flavonoids, pterocarpans, coumestans, and isoflavones, which can be active at low doses and were traditionally used as remedies.
Today, soy is also associated with allergies, through its conglycinins and β-conglycinins, and with reproductive and thyroid disorders, through its isoflavones. However, it is also traditionally associated with the prevention of breast and prostate cancer, although the substances potentially responsible for these effects remain unclear. A comprehensive analysis of soy components should be conducted to clarify the cause-and-effect relationships between soybeans and their health effects.
Since industrial processing methods do not faithfully replicate traditional cooking practices, not all of soy's historically recognized properties are preserved in modern soy-based preparations. As legumes are increasingly recommended in the human diet, it is important to better understand the effects of soy substances on health and the impact of food processing on their composition.
This Special Issue encourages submissions of research on the role of soybeans and their active ingredients in human health.
Prof. Dr. Catherine Bennetau-Pelissero
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food
- soybean
- antinutritional factors
- lipooxygenases
- protease inhibitors
- lunasine
- saponines
- isoflavones
- exposure
- health
- reproduction
- thyroid
- cancers
- menopause
- bone health
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