date:Mar 26, 2013
Soybean proteins can inhibit the growth and development of colon, liver and lung cancers, according to research conducted by the University of Arkansas and published in Food Research International.
The objective of the research was to utilise soybean meal - the residue left after oil extraction from soybean seeds, and primarily used to feed livestock obtain gastrointestinal (GI) resistant peptides from the isolated protein, and test for bioactivity against colon, liver and lung cancer cell lin