CASOKININS AS ANTIHYPERTENSIVE PEPTIDES DERIVED FROM MILK CASEINS

B. Luhovyy, V. Yukalo


Ivan Puluj Technical State University ща Ternopil’,
Rus’ka str., 56, Ternopil’ 46001, Ukraine,
e-mail: biotech@tu.edu.te.ua

The angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides derived from milk proteins can to act as antihypertensive drugs in vivo. These peptides named casokinins can be obtained after proteolysis of αs1-, β- and κ-caseins by digestive enzyme and lactic-acid bacteria proteases or by synthesis. The casokinins were detected in skim milk products and in famous cheeses. It is possible to use the selected strains of lactic-acid bacteria and ACE-inhibitory peptides supplement for milk products making with antihypertensive activity.


Keywords: casokinins, caseins, ACE-inhibitors, and hypertension.


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