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Antioxidant Activities of Black and Yellow Soybeans against Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation

Rie Takahashi,^† Reiko Ohmori,*^‡ Chikako Kiyose,^† Yukihiko Momiyama,^‡ Fumitaka Ohsuzu,^‡ and Kazuo Kondo^†

Institute of Environmental Science for Human Life, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, and First Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, 3-2, Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2005, 53 (11), pp 4578–4582

DOI: 10.1021/jf048062m

Publication Date (Web): April 26, 2005

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Ochanomizu University.

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‡

National Defense Medical College.

Abstract

Several studies have demonstrated that the daily intakes of soy foods were associated with a reduced cardiovascular risk. The aim of our study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of black soybeans on low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in comparison to yellow soybeans. The extract from black soybean had a longer LDL oxidation lag time than that from yellow soybean (205 ± 16 and 65 ± 3 min, respectively). When both soybeans were divided into the seed coat and the mixture of the germ and cotyledon, the diluted extract solution from the black soybean seed coat prolonged the lag time significantly more than the original extract of the yellow soybean seed coat. On the other hand, antioxidant effects of the extract from the mixture of germs and cotyledons were similar in both soybeans. Regarding total polyphenol contents, the seed coat of black soybean had a higher polyphenol content than that of yellow soybean (29.0 ± 0.56 and 0.45 ± 0.02 mg/g, respectively). Interestingly, the mixture of the germ and cotyledon hydrolyzed by β-glucosidase in both soybeans showed a stronger inhibitory effect on LDL oxidation than that before being hydrolyzed by β-glucosidase. These results suggest that black soybeans may be more effective in inhibiting LDL oxidation than yellow soybeans because of total polyphenols contents in its seed coat. In addition, aglycones, which are rich in soybeans fermented or hydrolyzed by β-glucosidase, may play a crucial role in the prevention of oxidation-related diseases.

Keywords: Soybean; LDL oxidation; free radical; aglycone; glucoside; polyphenol

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