Complementary roles in cancer prevention: protease inhibitor makes the cancer preventive peptide lunasin bioavailable.

BACKGROUND: The lower incidence of breast cancer among Asian women compared with Western countries has been partly attributed to soy in the Asian diet, leading to efforts to identify the bioactive components that are responsible. Soy Bowman Birk Inhibitor Concentrate (BBIC) is a known cancer prevent...

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Main Authors: Chia-Chien Hsieh, Blanca Hernández-Ledesma, Hyun Jin Jeong, Jae Ho Park, Ben O de Lumen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2811193?pdf=render