Tempeh & Soybean Seed Coat: The Alternative Sources of Trans-Resveratrol as Neuroprotective Agents

Seed Coat Soybean Peroxidase: Extraction and Biocatalytic Properties Determination

The N-glycosylation sites of soybean seed coat peroxidase.

Tryptic digestion of apo-soybean peroxidase (apo-SBP), with and without acetamidation, chromatographic separation of the tryptic fragments and MALDI-TOF analysis of the major components, both before and after digestion with glycopeptidase A, demonstrated the presence of six carbohydrate groups on five peptides. Five of the glycopeptides can be mapped with confidence to the peptides containing A...

Suppressive mechanism of seed coat pigmentation in yellow soybean

In soybean seeds, numerous variations in colors and pigmentation patterns exist, most of which are observed in the seed coat. Patterns of seed coat pigmentation are determined by four alleles (I, i(i), i(k) and i) of the classically defined I locus, which controls the spatial distribution of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in the seed coat. Most commercial soybean cultivars produce yellow se...

Nutritional and sensory evaluation of tempeh products made with soybean, ground-nut, and sunflower-seed combinations

Tempeh products made from soybeans and from combinations of soybeans with ground-nuts and sunflower seed at ratios of 52:48 and 46:54 respectively were tested for their appearance, texture, aroma, flavour, and over-all acceptability. In addition, tempeh was prepared with and without the addition of bakla (Vicia faba) to soybeans in various ratios to obtain a tempeh of acceptable quality and nut...

trans-Resveratrol as a neuroprotectant.

Epidemiological evidence indicates that nutritionally-derived polyphenols such as resveratrol (RES) have neuroprotective properties. Administration of RES to culture media protects a wide variety of neuronal cell types from stress-induced death. Dietary supplementation of RES can ameliorate neuronal damage and death resulting from both acute and chronic stresses in rodents. The specific molecul...