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2 Citations
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1 December 2023

The primary physicochemical effect upon exposure to infrared radiation (IR) is the temperature increase of cells. The degradation of proteins via the hydrolysis of peptide bonds is related to cell malfunction. In this work, the degradation of protein...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,299 Views
15 Pages

24 November 2020

The opening of protein globules and corresponding exposure of their internal peptide bonds, the so-called demasking effect, is required for successful hydrolysis of peptide bonds by proteases. Under the proteolytic action of trypsin on β-lactogl...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,176 Views
20 Pages

Optimization of Sequential Enzymatic Hydrolysis in Porcine Blood and the Influence on Peptide Profile and Bioactivity of Prepared Hydrolysates

  • Cristina Moreno-Mariscal,
  • Federico Moroni,
  • Jaume Pérez-Sánchez,
  • Leticia Mora and
  • Fidel Toldrá

The search for new alternatives for the revalorization of porcine blood is crucial due to the large quantities that are annually generated in slaughterhouses. In this study, a sequential enzymatic hydrolysis of pig blood was optimized using different...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,048 Views
24 Pages

6 February 2022

Dipeptidyl peptides III (DPP III) is a dual-domain zinc exopeptidase that hydrolyzes peptides of varying sequence and size. Despite attempts to elucidate and narrow down the broad substrate-specificity of DPP III, there is no explanation as to why so...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
965 Views
18 Pages

Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Porcine Blood as a Strategy to Obtain a Peptide-Rich Functional Ingredient

  • Cristina Moreno-Mariscal,
  • Federico Moroni,
  • Jaume Pérez-Sánchez,
  • Leticia Mora and
  • Fidel Toldrá

10 October 2025

The sustainable revalorization of porcine blood is crucial due to the large volumes daily generated in slaughterhouses. The aim of this study was to obtain a novel ingredient rich in free amino acids and bioactive peptides from the sequential hydroly...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,629 Views
15 Pages

20 September 2024

Food proteins and peptides are generally considered a source of dietary antioxidants. The aim of this study was to investigate the antioxidant activity, allergenicity, and peptide profiles of whey protein hydrolysates (WPHs) using different hydrolysi...

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  • Open Access
56 Citations
8,228 Views
15 Pages

18 May 2012

Lizard fish (Saurida elongata) muscle protein was hydrolyzed using neutral protease to produce protein hydrolysate (LFPH), and the hydrolysis conditions were investigated using response-surface methodology. The optimum conditions for producing peptid...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
15,875 Views
15 Pages

26 February 2009

The condensation (polymerization by water elimination) of molecular building blocks to yield the first active biopolymers (e.g. of amino acids to form peptides) during primitive Earth is an intriguing question that nowadays still remains open since t...

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  • Open Access
64 Citations
5,544 Views
13 Pages

14 November 2019

Antioxidant peptides have elicited interest for the versatility of their use in the food and pharmaceutical industry. In the current study, antioxidant peptides were prepared by microwave-assisted alkaline protease hydrolysis of collagen from sea cuc...

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  • Open Access
66 Citations
8,098 Views
15 Pages

Protein Hydrolysis by Subcritical Water: A New Perspective on Obtaining Bioactive Peptides

  • Carlos I. Rivas-Vela,
  • Silvia L. Amaya-Llano,
  • Eduardo Castaño-Tostado and
  • Gustavo A. Castillo-Herrera

3 November 2021

The importance of bioactive peptides lies in their diverse applications in the pharmaceutical and food industries. In addition, they have been projected as allies in the control and prevention of certain diseases due to their associated antioxidant,...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,067 Views
31 Pages

Bioactive Peptides from Liquid Milk Protein Concentrate by Sequential Tryptic and Microbial Hydrolysis

  • Arijit Nath,
  • Attila Csighy,
  • Burak Attila Eren,
  • David Tjandra Nugraha,
  • Klára Pásztorné-Huszár,
  • Attila Tóth,
  • Krisztina Takács,
  • Emőke Szerdahelyi,
  • Gabriella Kiskó and
  • Zoltán Kovács
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22 September 2021

Recently, bioactive peptides as a health-promoting agent have come to the forefront of health research; however, industrial production is limited, possibly due to the lack of the required technological knowledge. The objective of the investigation wa...

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  • Open Access
1,014 Views
17 Pages

Step Enzymatic Hydrolysis and In Silico Screening-Assisted Preparation of Bioactive Peptides from Abalone

  • Kanzhen Liu,
  • Cuiping Pang,
  • Qinghua Li,
  • Jianghua Li,
  • Guocheng Du and
  • Guoqiang Zhang

29 March 2025

Bioactive components of abalone and other marine organisms have attracted significant attention owing to their functional performance. The development of peptides with bioactivity like angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory (ACEi) and antioxidant p...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,235 Views
23 Pages

9 February 2025

Bioactive peptides represent a promising therapeutic approach for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by maintaining cholinergic system homeostasis through the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. This study focused on extracting AChE inhib...

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  • Open Access
725 Views
17 Pages

Transforming Tomato Industry By-Products into Antifungal Peptides Through Enzymatic Hydrolysis

  • Davide Emide,
  • Lorenzo Periccioli,
  • Matias Pasquali,
  • Barbara Scaglia,
  • Stefano De Benedetti,
  • Alessio Scarafoni and
  • Chiara Magni

In the context of the valorization of agri-food by-products, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seeds represent a protein-rich matrix containing potential bioactives. The aim of the present work is to develop a biochemical pipeline for (i) achieving hi...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,840 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2021

This research focuses on the proteolytic capacity of Spirulina platensis and their hypocholesterolemic activity via the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) inhibitory activity. To select suitable proteases for releasing peptides w...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,925 Views
17 Pages

Pepsin Hydrolysis of Orange By-Products for the Production of Bioactive Peptides with Gastrointestinal Resistant Properties

  • Seyadeh Narges Mazloomi,
  • Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak,
  • Leticia Mora,
  • Mohammad Ghorbani,
  • Gholamreza Houshmand and
  • Fidel Toldrá

23 March 2021

Recently, the use of bioactive compounds in improving human health has received more attention. The aim of the present study was to hydrolyze orange seed proteins using pepsin enzyme to obtain bioactive peptides as well as to study the stability of s...

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  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,767 Views
23 Pages

29 January 2022

Food-derived hypotensive peptides have attracted attention in the field of active peptide research in recent years. In this study, based on ACE inhibition rate and using the Box–Behnken central combination design principle to optimise the proce...

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  • Open Access
2,370 Views
19 Pages

Obtaining New Candidate Peptides for Biological Anticancer Drugs from Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Human and Bovine Hemoglobin

  • Ahlam Outman,
  • Mohamed Bouhrim,
  • Codjo Hountondji,
  • Omar M. Noman,
  • Ali S. Alqahtani,
  • Bernard Gressier,
  • Naïma Nedjar and
  • Bruno Eto

19 October 2023

Enzymatic hydrolysis of bovine and human hemoglobin generates a diversity of bioactive peptides, mainly recognized for their antimicrobial properties. However, antimicrobial peptides stand out for their ability to specifically target cancer cells whi...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,599 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2024

Amidst increasing awareness of diet-health relationships, plant-derived bioactive peptides are recognized for their dual nutritional and health benefits. This study investigates bioactive peptides released after Alcalase hydrolysis of protein from ch...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,317 Views
27 Pages

The study aimed to optimize hydrolysis conditions and isolate and identify bioactive peptides with anti-skin aging effects from Acheta domesticus (house cricket). A. domesticus proteins underwent hydrolysis using Alcalase® and optimized condition...

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  • Open Access
874 Views
20 Pages

26 July 2025

In order to innovatively develop high-activity ACE inhibitory peptides from edible fungi, the conditions for a double-enzymatic hydrolysis preparation of ACE inhibitory peptides from Flammulina velutipes were optimized by response surface methodology...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,457 Views
15 Pages

Optimization of Selective Hydrolysis of Cruciferins for Production of Potent Mineral Chelating Peptides and Napins Purification to Valorize Total Rapeseed Meal Proteins

  • Nastassia Kaugarenia,
  • Sophie Beaubier,
  • Erwann Durand,
  • Arnaud Aymes,
  • Pierre Villeneuve,
  • François Lesage and
  • Romain Kapel

29 August 2022

Preventing oxidation and microbial spoilage are both major concerns in food industries. In this context, this study aimed to valorize the total rapeseed meal proteins with controlled enzymatic proteolysis to generate potent mineral-chelating peptides...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,799 Views
17 Pages

This research focuses on the proteolytic capacity of sea bass byproduct (SB) and their hypocholesterolemic activity via the cholesterol micelle formation (CMF) inhibition. SB was fermented with seven mixed lactic acid bacteria for 5 h at 42 °C. The l...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,310 Views
20 Pages

13 November 2023

Because of the health benefits and economic opportunities, extracting bioactive peptides from plant proteins, often food processing by-products, garners significant interest. However, the high enzyme costs and the emergence of bitter peptides have po...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,996 Views
16 Pages

21 March 2024

Yak whey protein concentrates (YWPCs) have good functional properties, but there is still a gap in the study of their peptides. In this study, peptides were obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis, and the bioactivity of each ultrafiltration fraction was ev...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,730 Views
10 Pages

Mass Spectrometric Quantification of the Antimicrobial Peptide Pep19-2.5 with Stable Isotope Labeling and Acidic Hydrolysis

  • Sabrina Wohlfart,
  • Michael Kilian,
  • Philip Storck,
  • Thomas Gutsmann,
  • Klaus Brandenburg and
  • Walter Mier

Sepsis is the number one cause of death in intensive care units. This life-threatening condition is caused by bacterial infections and triggered by endotoxins of Gram-negative bacteria that leads to an overreaction of the immune system. The synthetic...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,772 Views
16 Pages

Exploring the Release of Elastin Peptides Generated from Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Bovine Elastin via Peptide Mapping

  • Jianan Zhang,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Liwen Jiang,
  • Tiantian Zhao,
  • Guowan Su and
  • Mouming Zhao

10 November 2023

To enhance the understanding of enzymatic hydrolysis and to accelerate the discovery of key bioactive peptides within enzymatic products, this research focused on elastin as the substrate and investigated the variations in peptide profiles and the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,279 Views
25 Pages

Cruor, the main component responsible for the red color of mammalian blood, contains 90% haemoglobin, a protein considered to be a rich source of bioactive peptides. The aim of the present study is to assess the potential of human hemoglobin as a sou...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,952 Views
14 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Collagen-Containing Waste Biodegradation, Amino Acid, Peptide and Carbohydrate Composition of Hydrolysis Products

  • Stanislav Sukhikh,
  • Svetlana Noskova,
  • Svetlana Ivanova,
  • Elena Ulrikh,
  • Alexsander Izgaryshev,
  • Timothy Larichev,
  • Oksana Kozlova,
  • Alexander Prosekov and
  • Olga Babich

4 December 2021

This paper aimed to study the biodegradation of collagen-containing waste (pork skin) induced by collagenase and Neutrase 1.5 MG enzymes and compare the amino acid, peptide, and carbohydrate composition of hydrolysis products. It was found that the d...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,460 Views
12 Pages

29 November 2023

Obtaining peptides with antioxidant properties by enzymatic hydrolysis has been widely described; however, the use of non-enzymatic methods to obtain peptides with antioxidant capacities has been poorly investigated. In this study, non-soluble protei...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,157 Views
15 Pages

Whey Protein Enzymatic Breakdown: Synthesis, Analysis, and Discovery of New Biologically Active Peptides in Papain-Derived Hydrolysates

  • Michał Czelej,
  • Katarzyna Garbacz,
  • Tomasz Czernecki,
  • Kamila Rachwał,
  • Jacek Wawrzykowski and
  • Adam Waśko

25 March 2025

Bioactive peptides derived from milk proteins offer promising potential that can be unlocked through hydrolysis. Enzymatic hydrolysis is particularly noteworthy because of its mild conditions and its efficacy in producing peptides with various biolog...

  • Review
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34 Citations
12,424 Views
25 Pages

2 June 2022

Bioactive peptides with high potency against numerous human disorders have been regarded as a promising therapy in disease control. These peptides could be released from various dietary protein sources through hydrolysis processing using physical con...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,465 Views
12 Pages

23 December 2024

The use of animal by-products to produce bioactive peptides is a promising and sustainable approach in the food and nutrition industry. Meat by-products can be used as a key raw material for the production of high-value-added components, such as bioa...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,081 Views
13 Pages

Optimization of Glutamine Peptide Production from Soybean Meal and Analysis of Molecular Weight Distribution of Hydrolysates

  • Yanli Xie,
  • Xinhong Liang,
  • Min Wei,
  • Wenhong Zhao,
  • Baoshan He,
  • Qiyu Lu,
  • Quangong Huo and
  • Chengye Ma

18 June 2012

The process parameters of enzymatic hydrolysis and molecular weight distribution of glutamine (Gln) peptides from soybean meal were investigated. The Protamex® hydrolysis pH of 6.10, temperature of 56.78 °C, enzyme to substrate ratio (E/S) of 1.90 an...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,999 Views
19 Pages

Characterization of Peptides Found in Unprocessed and Extruded Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) Pepsin/Pancreatin Hydrolysates

  • Alvaro Montoya-Rodríguez,
  • Jorge Milán-Carrillo,
  • Cuauhtémoc Reyes-Moreno and
  • Elvira González De Mejía

16 April 2015

The objectives of this study were to characterize peptides found in unprocessed amaranth hydrolysates (UAH) and extruded amaranth hydrolysates (EAH) and to determine the effect of the hydrolysis time on the profile of peptides produced. Amaranth grai...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,375 Views
16 Pages

Papain Hydrolysates of Lupin Proteins with Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities

  • Alexandra Garmidolova,
  • Ivelina Desseva,
  • Dasha Mihaylova,
  • Hafize Fidan,
  • Margarita Terziyska and
  • Atanas Pavlov

2 December 2022

Dietary proteins are no longer just nutritional ingredients in our food. During hydrolysis, some of the released peptides may possess properties that favor the health of the human body. In our study enzymatic hydrolysis of lupin proteins was performe...

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  • Open Access
60 Citations
6,693 Views
8 Pages

27 September 2018

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) peptides are bioactive peptides that have important value in terms of research and application in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. While widespread literature is concentrated on casein or whey protei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,774 Views
18 Pages

Detecting the Bitterness of Milk-Protein-Derived Peptides Using an Electronic Tongue

  • Arijit Nath,
  • Burak Atilla Eren,
  • John-Lewis Zinia Zaukuu,
  • András Koris,
  • Klára Pásztorné-Huszár,
  • Emőke Szerdahelyi and
  • Zoltan Kovacs

Bitterness is a considerable limiting factor for the application of bioactive peptides in the food industry. The objective of this study was to compare the level of bitterness of milk-protein-derived peptides using an electronic tongue (E-tongue). Li...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,723 Views
20 Pages

Comparison of the Bioactive Properties of Human and Bovine Hemoglobin Hydrolysates Obtained by Enzymatic Hydrolysis: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Potential of the Active Peptide α137-141

  • Ahlam Outman,
  • Barbara Deracinois,
  • Christophe Flahaut,
  • Mira Abou Diab,
  • Jihen Dhaouefi,
  • Bernard Gressier,
  • Bruno Eto and
  • Naïma Nedjar

22 August 2023

This study focuses on the enzymatic hydrolysis of hemoglobin, the main component of cruor that gives blood its red color in mammals. The antibacterial and antioxidant potentials of human hemoglobin hydrolysates were evaluated in comparison to bovine...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,229 Views
22 Pages

Bovine Hemoglobin Enzymatic Hydrolysis by a New Ecoefficient Process—Part I: Feasibility of Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membrane and Production of Neokyotorphin (α137-141)

  • Mira Abou-Diab,
  • Jacinthe Thibodeau,
  • Barbara Deracinois,
  • Christophe Flahaut,
  • Ismail Fliss,
  • Pascal Dhulster,
  • Naima Nedjar and
  • Laurent Bazinet

25 September 2020

Neokyotorphin (α137-141) is recognized as an antimicrobial peptide and a natural meat preservative. It is produced by conventional enzymatic hydrolysis of bovine hemoglobin, a major component of cruor, a by-product of slaughterhouses. However,...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,119 Views
14 Pages

Allergenicity of Deamidated and/or Peptide-Bond-Hydrolyzed Wheat Gliadin by Transdermal Administration

  • Ryosuke Abe,
  • Narumi Matsukaze,
  • Hayato Kobayashi,
  • Yusuke Yamaguchi,
  • Harumi Uto-Kondo,
  • Hitoshi Kumagai and
  • Hitomi Kumagai

15 May 2020

Hydrochloric acid (HCl)-treated wheat protein (HWP) is widely used in various products, including foods, cosmetics and shampoos. Recently, immediate hypersensitivity towards facial soap containing HWP has been reported. HCl treatment of protein cause...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,938 Views
24 Pages

19 January 2024

Water lentil (Duckweed), an emerging protein source, is a small floating aquatic plant with agronomic and compositional characteristics rendering it a potential source of bioactive peptides. However, enzymatic hydrolysis of duckweeds has only been ca...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,508 Views
19 Pages

17 January 2024

This study aimed to explore the potential of umami peptides for lowering blood glucose. Molecular docking results showed that the peptides LADW and EEAEGT bound to the active amino acid residues of α-glucosidase via hydrogen bonds and Van der W...

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  • Open Access
1,581 Views
16 Pages

3 February 2025

This study optimizes the process conditions for preparing angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides from skimmed goat milk (SGM) hydrolyzed by multi-enzymes using response surface methodology. When the enzymatic hydrolysis time was 90 m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,291 Views
15 Pages

A Systemic Review on Microalgal Peptides: Bioprocess and Sustainable Applications

  • Raghunathan Sathya,
  • Davoodbasha MubarakAli,
  • Jaulikar MohamedSaalis and
  • Jung-Wan Kim

16 March 2021

Nowadays, microalgal research is predominantly centered on an industrial scale. In general, multipotent bioactive peptides are the advantages over focal points over utilitarian nourishment as well as nutraceuticals. Microalgal peptides are now profou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,570 Views
17 Pages

Ultrafiltration of Saithe (Pollachius virens) Protein Hydrolysates and Its Effect on Antioxidative Activity

  • Veronica Hjellnes,
  • Turid Rustad,
  • Ida-Johanne Jensen,
  • Elin Eiken,
  • Stine Marie Pettersen and
  • Eva Falch

30 August 2021

The whitefish industry generates a huge amount of rest raw material, which is currently wasted or underutilized in the production of low-value products such as animal feed. While fish muscle is the primary product of use for human consumption, rest r...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,194 Views
16 Pages

18 June 2020

The catalytic role of near attack conformations (NACs), molecular states that lie on the pathway between the ground state (GS) and transition state (TS) of a chemical reaction, is not understood completely. Using a computational approach that combine...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
12,684 Views
15 Pages

In Vitro Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Bioactive Proteins and Peptides from Rhodomonas sp.

  • Hana Derbel,
  • Jihen Elleuch,
  • Wael Mahfoudh,
  • Philippe Michaud,
  • Imen Fendri and
  • Slim Abdelkafi

2 March 2023

Thanks to their various promising properties, bioactive peptides extracted from microalgae have recently attracted great attention from scientists. These compounds have been mostly obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis. In the present study, proteins from...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
115 Citations
12,831 Views
26 Pages

16 February 2017

Marine invertebrates, such as oysters, mussels, clams, scallop, jellyfishes, squids, prawns, sea cucumbers and sea squirts, are consumed as foods. These edible marine invertebrates are sources of potent bioactive peptides. The last two decades have s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,645 Views
16 Pages

12 August 2024

Microalgae are a substantial group of unicellular prokaryotic and eukaryotic marine organisms. Due to their high protein content of 50–70%, microalgae have the potential to become a sustainable alternative protein source, as well as aiding in t...

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