Experiment 1213799
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Glycine max (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | BEYNEN,AC: WEST,CE:. (1983). SOYBEAN PROTEIN: A HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC DRUG?. 4(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE AUTHORS POINT OUT DEFICIENCIES IN STUDY DESIGNS PURPORTEDLY SHOWING THAT SOYBEAN PROTEIN LOWERS PLASMA CHOLESTEROL IN MOST OF THE STUDIES, THE PROPORTION OF SATURATED FAT IN THE DIET IS ALSO LOWERED. ONE BETTER CONTROLLED STUDY DID SHOW A SHIFT FROM LDL CHOLESTEROL TO HDL CHOLESTEROL, BUT NO OVERALL REDUCTION FROM SOY PROTEIN. THE RESULTS FROM ANIMAL STUDIES CONTRADICT THOSE IN HUMANS, INDICATING POSSIBLE SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN METABOLISM. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PROTEIN FRACTION |