ISSN: 2329-9029
Isoko Kuriyama, Hiromi Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Mizushina and Yoshihiro Takahashi
In this study, we found that the amount of isoflavones in (1) steaming germinated soybean was higher than that of (2) soybean boiled in water and (3) steamed soybean. Moreover, genistein, a major soy isoflavone, selectively inhibited the activity of human topo II. Therefore, steaming germinated soybean, which has high amount of genistein, might be a cancer preventive food through the inhibition of topo II activity.