Antihypertensive Effects of Hydrolysates of Wakame <i>(Undaria pinnatifida)</i> and Their Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activity

Minoru Sato, Takashi Oba, Toshiyasu Yamaguchi, Toshiki Nakano, Takashi Kahara, Katsura Funayama, Akio Kobayashi, Takahisa Nakano

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism · 2002 · 62 citations · 19 references

Abstract

The hydrolysates derived from wakame by protease S 'Amano' have a powerful ACE-inhibitory activity (IC(50) = 86 microg protein/ml) and were effective in spite of their slight bitterness as 'physiologically functional food' with antihypertensive activity.

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