Isoflavones are nutraceuticals with many different medical benefits found abundantly in
soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seeds. The prerequisite of utilising this valuable source of
bioactive compounds and creating quality stock for the pharmaceutical and functional food
industries is the screening of available soybean germplasm for isoflavone content. The
objectives of this research were to determine the isoflavone concentrations (total
isoflavones, daidzein, genistein, glycitein) in 22 high-yielding soybean genotypes, to …

INTRODUCTION European countries import 95% of the annual demand for soybean
(Glycine max (L.) Merr.) grains, meal and oil from overseas causing an enormous trade
deficit in these commodities. As a result, the governments in Europe are starting to introduce
additional incentives aiming to stimulate the growing of the soybean crop (DIMA, 2016).
Government stimulation together with large land areas favourable for soybean cropping
(KURASCH et al., 2017; KRӦN et al., 2015) and high quality germplasm from European …