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The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) [3] is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made.
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. [1] Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and ...
Soybean oil (British English: soyabean oil) is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean (Glycine max). It is one of the most widely consumed cooking oils and the second most consumed vegetable oil. [ 2 ] As a drying oil, processed soybean oil is also used as a base for printing inks (soy ink) and oil paints.
Glycine. (plant) J.C. Wendl. Kennedynella Steud. (1840), nom. superfl. Leptolobium Benth. (1837), nom. illeg. Glycine (soybean or soya bean) is a genus in the bean family Fabaceae. The best known species is the cultivated soybean (Glycine max). While the majority of the species are found only in Australia, the soybean's native range is in East ...
The soybean was domesticated around 5,000 years ago in China from a descendant of the wild vine Glycine soja. [ 9 ] The oldest-known domesticated beans in the Americas were found in Guitarrero Cave , an archaeological site in Peru , and dated to around the second millennium BCE. [ 10 ]
Genetically modified soybean. A genetically modified soybean is a soybean (Glycine max) that has had DNA introduced into it using genetic engineering techniques. [ 1 ]: 5 In 1996, the first genetically modified soybean was introduced to the U.S. by Monsanto. In 2014, 90.7 million hectares of GM soybeans were planted worldwide, making up 82% of ...
Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English [ 1 ]) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. [ 2 ] It is recognized for its saltiness and pronounced umami taste.
1838 – Protein discovered, named and recorded by Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jöns Jacob Berzelius. 1862 – Louis Pasteur discovers the bacterial origin of fermentation. 1863 – Gregor Mendel discovers the laws of inheritance. 1864 – Antonin Prandtl [ wikidata ] invents first centrifuge to separate cream from milk.