Soyasaponin II has antiviral effects, it can inhibit the replication of human cytomegalovirus, influenza virus, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
6-O-Acetyldaidzin is an isoflavone glycoside isolated from soybeans. It significantly inhibits lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsome (IC50: 8.2 μM).
Soyasapogenol A shows estrogenic and hepatoprotective activities, it directly prevents apoptosis of hepatocytes, and secondly, inhibits the elevation of plasma TNF-α±, which consequently resulted in the prevention of liver damage in the concanavalin A-induced hepatitis model.