A glucosyltransferase, which catalyses the glucosylation of flavonols, using uridine diphosphate-D-glucose as glucose donor, has been isolated and purified about 5-10 fold from cell suspension cultures of soybean (Glycine max L., var. Mandarin). The pH optimum for this reaction was ca. 8.5 in
Soybeans display strategic potential in food security as a source of protein and functional bioactives for human consumption. Polyphenols and other bioactive compounds can be recovered after an aqueous extraction from soybean meal, a byproduct of soy oil refining. The objective of the present study
Dietary polyphenols are antioxidants that can scavenge biological free radicals, and chemoprevent diseases with biological oxidation as their main etiological factor. In this paper, we review our laboratory data vis-ὰ-vis available literature on prostate cancer chemopreventive substances in Nigerian
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