The water-soluble elastin as a functional food to exert a blood pressure-lowering effect

What is it about?

Many peptides are produced from food proteins during the manufacturing of various functional foods; unexpected and valuable physiological activities are frequently identified in such released peptides. Elastin, which normally exists as an insoluble elastic fiber, is being used as a new health food material in accordance with the progress in solubilization techniques for elastin. We found that three elastin degraded peptides showed apparent ACE-inhibitory activity and determined their amino acid sequences.

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Why is it important?

The results of this study suggest that water-soluble elastin may serve as a functional food to exert a blood pressure-lowering effect in human body.