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Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide

Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths in the Western world. Approximately one-third of these deaths are preventable by lifestyle factors, including modification of nutritional habits. Studies have demonstrated that adequate nutrition with certain types of foods containing bioactive compounds...

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Autores principales: Hernández-Ledesma, Blanca, de Lumen, Ben O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19787099
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description Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths in the Western world. Approximately one-third of these deaths are preventable by lifestyle factors, including modification of nutritional habits. Studies have demonstrated that adequate nutrition with certain types of foods containing bioactive compounds might offer significant protection against carcinogenesis. Soybeans contain a variety of phytochemicals with demonstrated anticancer activity, including isoflavones, protease inhibitors, and more recently lunasin, a novel cancer preventive seed peptide. Initially isolated from soybean, lunasin has also been reported in barley and wheat. The purpose of this review is to summarize the most recent evidence on the possible benefits of lunasin for cancer prevention.
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spelling pubmed-27465732009-09-28 Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide Hernández-Ledesma, Blanca de Lumen, Ben O. Perspect Medicin Chem Perspective Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths in the Western world. Approximately one-third of these deaths are preventable by lifestyle factors, including modification of nutritional habits. Studies have demonstrated that adequate nutrition with certain types of foods containing bioactive compounds might offer significant protection against carcinogenesis. Soybeans contain a variety of phytochemicals with demonstrated anticancer activity, including isoflavones, protease inhibitors, and more recently lunasin, a novel cancer preventive seed peptide. Initially isolated from soybean, lunasin has also been reported in barley and wheat. The purpose of this review is to summarize the most recent evidence on the possible benefits of lunasin for cancer prevention. Libertas Academica 2008-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC2746573/ /pubmed/19787099 Text en © 2009 The authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution By licence. For further information go to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
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Hernández-Ledesma, Blanca
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Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title_full Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title_fullStr Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title_full_unstemmed Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title_short Lunasin: A Novel Cancer Preventive Seed Peptide
title_sort lunasin: a novel cancer preventive seed peptide
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19787099
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