Lunasin is a Powerful Antioxidant

Free radicals are spawned in the body by a wide range of triggers — everything from smoke and unhealthy foods to sunshine and air. Free radicals are also formed routinely during metabolism. Antioxidants in our diet work to neutralize these cell-damaging invaders and include nutrients such as beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and many more.

Lunasin, a naturally occurring peptide in soy, has been clinically shown to function as an antioxidant in three ways:

• Reduces oxidation of linoleic acid that produces oxygen radicals
• Acts like an oxygen radical scavenger (traditional antioxidant mechanism)
• Reduces oxygen radicals produced by macrophages. Macrophages are highly specialized cells that remove dying or dead cells and cellular debris.

Lunasin’s Antioxidant Research Studies

• Antioxidant activity and protective effects of peptide lunasin against oxidative stress in intestinal Caco-2 cells.
• Food-derived bioactive peptides on inflammation and oxidative stress.
• Lunasin peptide purified from Solanum nigrum L. protects DNA from oxidative damage by suppressing the generation of hydroxyl radical via blocking fenton reaction.
• Food Derived Bioactive Peptides on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.
• Lunasin peptide purified from Solanum nigrum L. protects DNA from oxidative damage by suppressing the generation of hydroxyl radical via blocking fenton reaction.
• Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of cancer preventive peptide lunasin in RAW 264.7 macrophages.