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Review
. 2025 Sep 30;13(10):e70983.
doi: 10.1002/fsn3.70983. eCollection 2025 Oct.

Soybean Synergies: A Comprehensive Review on Novel Extraction Techniques and Their Role in Unlocking Health Potential

Muhammad Rashid  1 , Iqra Khalid  2 , Gaurav Sanghvi  3 , Amar Shankar  4 , Farhan Saeed  1 , Muhammad Afzaal  1 , Mehwish  1 , Mayank Kundlas  5 , Catherine Tamale Ndagire  6
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Review

Soybean Synergies: A Comprehensive Review on Novel Extraction Techniques and Their Role in Unlocking Health Potential

Muhammad Rashid et al. Food Sci Nutr. .

Abstract

Food is essential for human nutrition, health, and the development of the human body. Soybean is an important plant-based food and is considered the primary dietary source in recent days. Almost 18%-22% of soybean is comprised of tiny, stable oil bodies with a concentration of triacylglycerol, rich in bioactive substances. These oil bodies of soybean consist of oleosins and steroleosin as part of the monolayer of phospholipids. When soybean oil bodies (SOBs) are extracted in an aqueous solution, a second layer of proteins, primarily composed of lipoxygenase, glycinin, and conglycinin, including Bd 30 K/P34, is added. Research has been conducted on SOBs to better understand their characteristics and how they interact with other chemicals in the manufacturing of many food products to replace the traditional oil-in-wateremulsions method. This review briefly explains the composition of soybean and different oil extraction techniques, as well as its health benefits. Among the plant-based proteins, soy protein and its byproducts are discussed in detail. Additionally, the review explores the qualities of soybean oil bodies, highlighting their most common and effective food applications and providing a detailed description of their structure and composition.

Keywords: health benefits; methods of oil extraction; soybean; soybean oil bodies.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Nutritional contents of raw green soybean.
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Graphical presentation of production of soybean in different regions in 2023–2024.
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Stages of soybean growth.
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Chemical composition of soybean seed.
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Process flow chart of soybean oil extraction through solvent extraction method.
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PRISMA flow diagram of oil extraction techniques.
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Composition of soybean oil.
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Therapeutic potential of soybean.
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