Miso paste (miso), a fermented soybean food, is popular in Japan and other Asian countries. However, the soybean is known to induce an allergenic response in some individuals. In the present study, we evaluated the allergenicity of various kinds of miso available in Japan. Total proteins were extracted from Amakuti-kome miso, Karakuti-kome miso, Mugi-miso and Mame-miso, and the protein profiles...

The author prepared low-salt miso by koji fermentation using soy-oncom and okara-oncom (9:1), at which time soybeans and okara were fermented with Neurospora intermedia (oncom miso, i.e. O-miso). Its usefulness as a seasoning, as well as high antioxidative activity in vitro and antimutagenicity have already been presented. In this study, the antioxidative activity of O-miso in vivo, as well as ...

This review describes effects of miso with reference to prevention of radiation injury, cancer and hypertension with a twin focus on epidemiological and experimental evidence. Miso with a longer fermentation time increased crypt survival against radiation injury in mice. When evaluating different types of miso provided by different areas in Japan, miso fermented for a longer period increased th...

Objective It is recommended that middle-aged and elderly individuals reduce their salt intake because of the high prevalence of hypertension. The consumption of miso soup is associated with salt intake, and the reduced consumption of miso soup has been recommended. Recent studies have demonstrated that the consumption of miso soup can attenuate an autonomic imbalance in animal models. However, ...

-Chinese hamster V79 cells cultured in vitro were used to investigate the cytotoxicity of various anti-cancer drugs subsequent to a prolonged treatment of the cells with Misonidazole (MISO). The sensitivity of the cells to Bleomycin (BLM), Melphalan or cis-Platinum (cis-DDP) was significantly increased by prior incubation with MISO under hypoxic conditions. When cysteamine, a radical scavenger,...

The radioprotective effect of miso, a fermentation product from soy bean, was investigated with reference to the survival time, crypt survival and jejunum crypt length in male B6C3F1 mice. Miso at three different fermentation stages (early-, medium- and long-term fermented miso) was mixed in MF diet into biscuits at 10% and was administered from 1 week before irradiation. Animal survival in the...

In an attempt to evaluate whether the radiation sensitizer misonidazole (MISO) could enhance the responsiveness of chemoresistant tumors, MISO was combined with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and/or 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU) for the treatment of BALB/c X DBA/2 F1 (hereafter called CD2F1) and C3H/HeJ mice bearing nitrosourea-resistant L1210/BCNU or KHT/CCR ...

In order to assess the effect of oxygen on chemopotentiation by misonidazole (MISO), EMT-6/Ro tumor cells were exposed in vitro to combinations of CCNU and 1.0 mM MISO in culture medium equilibrated at various oxygen concentrations. The effect of oxygen on MISO cytotoxicity was similarly determined and compared with the relationship obtained for chemosensitization. MISO cytotoxicity and chemopo...