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SOX6
SOX6 (SRY-box transcription factor 6, SOXD) is a chromosome 11p15.2 transcription factor gene with an HMG box and coiled-coil domains, part of the SOX5/6/9 cartilage trio, and causative for a haploinsufficiency neurodevelopmental syndrome.
SOX9
SOX9 (SRY-box transcription factor 9) is a chromosome 17 transcription factor essential for cartilage development and testis determination; mutations cause campomelic dysplasia with XY sex reversal.
Soxhlet extraction
Soxhlet extraction is a laboratory technique that extracts organic compounds from solid samples by repeatedly washing them with fresh condensed solvent; devised by Franz von Soxhlet in 1879, it remains the benchmark extraction method.
Soxhlet extractor
The Soxhlet extractor, also called the Soxhlet apparatus, is laboratory glassware for continuous solid–liquid extraction, invented by Franz von Soxhlet in 1879 to measure fat in milk.
Soy boy
Soy boy (soyboy, soy-boy) is an alt-right internet insult for men seen as effeminate or liberal, based on the disproven claim that soy's phytoestrogens lower male testosterone; it emerged on 4chan in 2017 alongside milk-chugging imagery.
Soy Foods
Soy foods, made from Glycine max (soybean), include tofu, miso, tempeh, edamame, natto, and soy milk; high in protein and isoflavone phytoestrogens, studied for cholesterol, hot flashes, bone, and breast cancer effects.
Soy leghemoglobin
Soy leghemoglobin (LegH, LegH Prep) is a soybean root-nodule heme protein made by fermenting Komagataella phaffii yeast and used in plant-based meats like the Impossible Burger for meat-like flavor, color, and iron.
Soy Luna
Soy Luna is an Argentine Disney Channel teen telenovela (2016–2018, 232 episodes) starring Karol Sevilla as Luna Valente, a Mexican skater who moves to Buenos Aires; revived in 2026 with Soy Luna: Volver a Rodar, 12 episodes on Disney+.
Soy milk
Soy milk (doujiang, tonyu) is a water extract of soybeans, a plant-based beverage from China, now a fortified dairy alternative with protein comparable to cow's milk.
Soy protein
Soy protein, also known as soybean proteins, is the protein obtained from soybeans, used in foods like tofu and soymilk, as refined ingredients, and in animal feed.
Soy protein hydrolysate with enzyme-modified lecithin
Soy protein hydrolysate with enzyme-modified lecithin (GRN 134) is a Kyowa Hakko U.S.A. food ingredient combining enzymatically hydrolyzed soy protein with enzyme-modified soy lecithin; FDA issued a no-questions letter in January 2004 for use across many food categories.
Soy sauce (酱油)
Soy sauce, known in Chinese as 酱油 and in Japanese as shoyu, is a fermented condiment of soybeans and wheat that originated in China and seasons East Asian cooking.
Sōya Kurokawa (黒川想矢)
Sōya Kurokawa (黒川想矢), Japanese actor born 2009 in Saitama; debuted 2018, breakthrough as Minato in Kore-eda's Monster (2023), Japan Academy New Actor Award; young Kikuo in Kokuhō (2025).
Soya Rupes
Soya Rupes (宗谷) is a 372-km lobate scarp on Mercury near 6.5°S, 293.4°W, in quadrangle H-10, IAU-approved in 2019 and named for Japan's first Antarctic research vessel.
Soyang Dam (소양강댐)
Soyang Dam (소양강댐), also known as Soyanggang Dam, is South Korea's largest dam, a 123 m rockfill dam on the Soyang River completed in 1973 that supplies much of the Seoul capital region's water.
Soyans
Soyans is the name of two communes in southeastern France: the better-documented Soyons, an Ardèche village on the right bank of the Rhône, and a smaller commune in the Drôme.
Soyapi L Mumba
Soyapi L Mumba is a Malawian health-informatics researcher and TED Fellow who, as a director at Baobab Health Trust in Lilongwe, led development of Malawi's national electronic health record system.
Soyarabai (सोयराबाई भोसले)
Soyarabai (सोयराबाई भोसले), also Soirabai, chief queen of Chhatrapati Shivaji and mother of Rajaram; led the 1680 plot crowning Rajaram against Sambhaji; died 27 October 1681 at Raigad.
Soybean
Soybean (Glycine max, 大豆 not sourced; English only) is a legume domesticated from Glycine soja in China's Huang-Huai Valley, the world's largest oilseed crop, grown mainly for animal feed meal and oil, led by Brazil and the United States.
Soybean aphid
Soybean aphid (Aphis glycines), an Asian aphid invasive in North America since 2000, is the primary soybean pest there; it overwinters on buckthorn and is managed with a 250-aphids-per-plant economic threshold and Rag-gene resistance.
Soybean cyst nematode
Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines, SCN) is a root-feeding roundworm and the most damaging soybean pathogen in North America; first found in North Carolina in 1954, it causes over $1 billion in annual US losses and is managed by resistant varieties and nonhost rotation.
Soybean extract
Soybean extract (Glycine max extract, EC 923-530-2, EU ID 1165) is a plant-derived substance evaluated as an EU pesticide active substance; it is not approved, with a default MRL of 0.01 mg/kg under Regulation 396/2005.
Soybean mosaic virus
Soybean mosaic virus (SMV), a Potyvirus with a ~9.6 kb ssRNA genome, infects soybean worldwide, transmitted by seed and over 30 aphid species; yield losses reach 8–35% or up to 90%, resisted by Rsv1, Rsv3, Rsv4, Rsv5 loci.
Soybean oil
Soybean oil is the vegetable oil extracted from soybean (Glycine max) seeds, ranking second only to palm oil in production, and in the United States a major biomass-based diesel feedstock.
Soybean rust
Soybean rust, a fungal disease of soybean caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi (Asian, aggressive) and P. meibomiae (mild), first reported Japan 1902, reached the continental U.S. in Louisiana in November 2004, causing yield losses up to 80 percent.
Soyjak
Soyjak (Soyjack, Soyak): Wojak-derived MS Paint meme of the "soy boy" stereotype with glasses, beard, and open-mouthed "Soylent Grin," first posted on 4chan /int/ December 30, 2017 by The Swede; used as a strawman reaction image.
Soylent (meal replacement)
Soylent is an American meal replacement brand founded in 2013 in Silicon Valley by Rob Rhinehart and co-founders, offering ready-to-drink shakes, powders, and bars with plant-based protein; acquired by Starco Brands in 2023, distinct from the Soylent film fiction.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green is a 1973 MGM dystopian science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on Harry Harrison's Make Room! Make Room!, starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, set in 2022 New York, famous for the twist that Soylent Green is people.
Soyo
Soyo (formerly Santo António do Zaire) is a port city in Zaire Province, Angola, at the Congo River mouth; Diogo Cão landed there in 1482, and it now hosts the Port of Soyo, Kwanda base, and the Angola LNG plant.
Soyou (강지현)
Soyou (소유, Kang Ji-hyun, 강지현), born 1992 on Jeju Island, is a South Korean K-pop/R&B singer, former SISTAR lead vocalist (2010–2017), solo artist behind "Some" and drama OSTs, and MBN talk show co-host.