Title:Recent Advances in Bioactive Peptides as Functional Food for Health
Promotions and Medicinal Applications
Volume: 30
Issue: 8
Author(s): Premchanth Jyothi Sreelekshmi, Vinod Devika, Lakshmi Satheesh Aiswarya, Sankar Rajeevan Jeevan, Kannamathu Ramanunni, Pranav Biju Nair and Sandhya Sadanandan*
Affiliation:
- Department of Chemistry,
School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-AP University, Andhra Pradesh, 522-237, India
Keywords:
Bioactive peptides, health promotions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, bioactivity, medicinal applications.
Abstract: Bioactive peptides obtained from natural resources are useful due to their ability to prevent
the risk of dreadful conditions such as hypertension, cancers, obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
Proteins from food, plants, animals and dairy products are chemically or enzymatically hydrolyzed
or fermented in the presence of microbes to produce bioactive peptides. Bioactive peptides
are antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, antibacterial, anticancer,
antimicrobial and some of them also show multiple bioactivities. Also, bioactive peptides
offer much potential as nutraceuticals or functional food components. This paper reviews recent
progress (2020-2022) on bioactive peptides derived from food, animals, plants, and dairy products.
Emphasis is given to their production, purification, and potential use for health promotions and
medicinal applications.