Analysis of Lunasin in Commercial and Pilot Plant Produced Soybean Products and an Improved Method of Lunasin Purification

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cavazos, Ariel ^a   Morales, Elsy ^a   Dia, Vermont P ^a   De Mejia, Elvira Gonzalez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Lunasin; Purification; Soymilk

Indexed keywords

GM2S 1 PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; GM2S-1 PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; PLANT EXTRACT; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOYBEAN; SOYBEAN MILK; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOY MILK; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84861330004     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02676.x     Document Type: Article

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