aglycone isoflavone miso

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<lotecq> wrote:

> Does anyone know where to buy miso paste with aglycone

isoflavones?

> The isoflavones are produced by the Nichimo Corp in Japan, but I

> don't know what food manufacturers they sell them to. See the

> research report below.

>

> Miso Soup Inhibits Breast, Prostate Cancer: Nichimo

> Jiji Press English News Service - July 14, 2003

>

>

> Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Nichimo Co. said Monday it has

confirmed

> in joint research with Harvard University of the United States

that

> fermented soybean extract inhibits the progress of breast and

> prostate cancer.

>

> Nichimo, a Japanese diversified fishery and foods-related company,

> reported the findings at a U.S. cancer congress late last week.

>

> Nichimo's findings come on the heels of a recent report by a

Japanese

> Health Ministry research unit that consumption of Japanese miso

soup,

> made of fermented soybeans, can reduce the risk of breast cancer.

>

> The joint team found that the growth of experimentally cultured

> cancer cells was substantially reduced when isoflavone, an

> antibacterial component of the soybean extract, was applied.

>

> The group used an enzyme to make aglycon, or sugar-free,

isoflavones

> to help absorption by the cells. Isoflavones are usually

conjugated

> with sugar, making absorption difficult.

>

> According to Nichimo, Japanese miso, or soybean paste, contains

> isoflavones in the form of aglycon, due to the workings of malt,

but

> isoflavones in tofu or natto, the two other traditional Japanese

> foods made from soybeans, stay conjugated with sugar.

>

> Nichimo has sold dietary supplements that contain aglycon

isoflavones

> since 2001.