Discovery of an S-equol rich food stinky tofu

Posted by Chantel Martiromo. research contributed by PubMed

A recent epidemiological study showed that daily intake of mg quantities of S-equol is required for health-promoting effects in menopausal women. In the study to find a high equol-containing food by measuing the equol content of 33 egg yolks and 21 fermented soybean foods, posted in PubMed, showed that equol was detected in 28 egg yolks at the maximum content of 43 μg/100 g. In the fermented soybean foods, equol was detected only in stinky tofu. equol was detected in 28 egg yolks at the maximum content of 43 μg/100 g. In the fermented soybean foods, equol was detected only in stinky tofu. Examined 16 stinky tofu samples purchased during different seasons and the average equol content was 1.39 mg/100 g, ranging from 0.34 to 2.68 mg/100 g. Equol was present in stinky tofu as the S-enantiomeric form and as an aglycon type.

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