Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 16:42 in Health & Medicine

URBANA -- Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

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