**52. Conclusion**

The foregoing account has shown a constellation of bioactive constituents in soybean. They include enzymes that catalyze crucial steps in metabolic pathways, and also nonenzymatic proteins with important activities such as defense. Storage proteins in soybean like glycinin and conglycinin exhibit health promoting activities. Other proteins and peptides have blood pressure lowering and anticarcinogenic activities. It is anticipated that more components with potentially exploitable activities will be discovered and more applications of these soy‐ bean components to the benefit of mankind will be found.
