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Soybean is a legume which is a nutritionally, and economically important crop considered one of the major sources of oil. The scientific name of soybean is Glycine max and around 5000 years ago China cultivated it for the first time. Soya beans are a rich source of proteins, vitamins, minerals, low saturated fats and fibres. The presence of these many biologically active compounds made use of the soybean in the pharmaceutical industry to make medicine and other dietary products. Soybean is cultivated as the major oil seed crop.