Seoul National University

Amorepacific Corporation

Myoyeon Kim

Jin Sung Kim

Young Gyu Kang

Yong Deog Hong

Nok Hyun Park

Moon Young Kim

Seok Ha Lee

Jeong Min Ha

Geum Ryong Park

Hyun Ju Jang

The present disclosure relates to a new soybean variety containing epicatechin with high content and having antioxidant and antiaging activities, a method for producing the new soybean variety, a composition containing an extract of the new soybean variety as an active ingredient, a functional health food containing the new soybean variety, a method for producing epicatechin from the new soybean variety, and a method for producing a commodity plant product. The seed of the new soybean () variety according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains epicatechin with a high content of 2 wt % or more based on the total weight of an 80 wt % ethanol aqueous solution of seed extract, exhibits 2 times or higher antioxidant activity confirmed by DPPH radical-scavenging ability than the mother plant IT109098, and exhibits superior collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-1, MMP-1) expression inhibition as compared to EGCG, which is known as an antiaging substance.

Soybean variety comprising high content of epicatechin

Growing community of inventors

Yongin-si, South Korea

Myoyeon Kim