In recent years, peptides have spurred increased interest as one of the most important classes bioactive food components [...]

Some lactic acid bacteria strains in milk media are capable of releasing bioactive peptides. In this study, we evaluated the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)inhibitory activity of 180 lactic acid bacteria and selected several Lactobacillus helveticus, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. casei strains that demonstrated strong ACE-inhibitory activity. The aim was to carry out a molecular s...

Comprehensive comparison of antioxidant activity bioactive peptides produced from fish, poultry and shrimp wastes using Flavourzyme enzyme

Bioactive peptide database (BioPD) is a web-based knowledge base that contains more than 1100 protein sequences from human, mouse and rat, which are putative or are known to be bioactive peptides. In addition to peptide sequences and the annotation, the database also contains gene sequences with annotation, protein interaction and disease data related to the peptides. Each entry has as many ref...

Novokinin (RPLKPW), LPYPR, and rubiscolin (YPLDLF) are bioactive peptides with respective hypotensive, hypocholesterolemic, and memory-enhancing activities. We generated transgenic soybean lines that expressed modified forms of the alpha' subunit of seed storage protein beta-conglycinin containing tandem repeats of these bioactive peptides. The modified alpha' subunits constituted up to 0.2% of...

Marine organisms are rich sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. Recently, a great deal of interest has been expressed regarding marine-derived bioactive peptides because of their numerous health beneficial effects[1]. Although bio prospecting of marine organisms had yielded many bioactive peptides, pharmacologists have great passion for venoms associated peptides and their role i...

Production and Evaluation of Bioactive Peptides Resulting from Hydrolysis Chicken Meat Waste Whey Powder Through Autoclave Bio-Fermentation Process

Milk proteins exert a wide range of nutritional, functional and biological activities. Many milk proteins possess specific biological properties that make these components potential ingredients of health-promoting foods. Increasing attention is being focused on physiologically active peptides derived from milk proteins. These peptides are inactive within the sequence of the parent protein molec...

Several scientific studies have revealed that ingestion of some enzymatic hydrolysates of food proteins, namely, mixtures of peptides, produces various beneficial activities beyond basic nutritional values. Moderation of hypertension and hyperlipidemia is considered as one of these beneficial effects. The emerging market for nutraceuticals and functional foods is stimulating the production of e...

Natural processes within the body are modulated almost exclusively by the interaction of specific amino acid sequences, either as peptides or as subsections of proteins. With respect to skin, proteins and peptides are involved in the modulation of cell proliferation, cell migration, inflammation, angiogenesis, melanogenesis, and protein synthesis and regulation. The creation of therapeutic or b...