The Significance of Soy Protein and Soy Bioactive Compounds in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Osteoporosis

Table 1

Isoflavonoid content of selected legumes and soy-based foods [16].

Food	Genistein 2 (mg/100 g)	Daidzein (mg/100 g)	Total isoflavonoids (mg/100 g)*
Soy-based infant formula	1.6–15	0.8–9.7	2.6–31
Soy milk	1.1–11.3	1.1–9.8	1.3–21
Soybeans, mature	1.1–150	0.5–91	1.7–221
Tofu	5.0–42.1	0.6–25.6	3.6–67.5
Beans	0.007–0.5	0.008–0.04	0.015–0.5
Chick peas	0.07–0.2	0.01–0.2	1.1–3.6

${\hspace{0.17em}}^{*}$Including formomonetin and biochanin.