title: Marine algae-derived bioactive peptides for human nutrition and health.
abstract: Within the parent protein molecule, most peptides are inactive, and they are released with biofunctionalities after enzymatic hydrolysis. Marine algae have high protein content, up to 47% of the dry weight, depending on the season and the species. Recently, there is an increasing interest in using marine algae protein as a source of bioactive peptides due to their health promotion and disease therapy potentials. This review presents an overview of marine algae-derived bioactive peptides and especially highlights some key issues, such as in silico proteolysis and quantitative structure-activity relationship studies, in vivo fate of bioactive peptides, and novel technologies in bioactive peptides studies and production.
authors.affiliation: College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xiaodan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xuewu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D058086:Microalgae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides
keywords: bioactivity; enzymatic hydrolysis; marine algae; novel technologies; peptides