Health Food Ireland releases bioactive peptide database

database of bioactive peptides from healthy food organizations in Ireland. Images from
iStock/Dr_MicrobeAlthough milk has been known as the excellent source ofprotein, calcium and vitamin
D
and is therefore considered
"
beneficial to muscles and bones
" for more than
years, other features such as health-enhanced activity have not received the same attention.In recent years, however,
people
after in-depth research
found that
, extracted from milk specific protein fragments
(
can also be called active peptides
)
to show the potential of
out of
in reducing the risk of diseases such as type
.
diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

FHI
, an Irish health food organization based at the University of Limerick, have developed a database to identify peptide changes in the body after ingesting milk and dairy products.database is available
in
papers published in
Trends in Food Science
Technology
2016.to the food industry thedatabase
lists the areas of the body that identify peptides, amino acid sequences, fragment details, and their in-body biological activity. The content and value of the
will continue to grow
time.the database will ultimately save the food industry considerable money and time
research
ingredients with functional health benefits
.FHI
said
that the database would be
a key resource for companies interested in commercializing
bioactive peptides, as well as providing first-hand information on ingredients
/
products containing specific bioactive peptides.means companies don't have to do their own research from scratch and have access to insighted frames of reference, saving time and resources.preventive health benefitsthe global food industry has invested
in a large number of
research and identification of these bioactive peptides because they provide preventive health benefits through natural food ingredients.databases in the public domain detailing the function of identified bioactive peptides and their possible effects on the body. However, these databases are usually not exhaustive., information found in patent literature is not included in these databases. If researchers and the food industry have access to the resources to put all this information together, there will be huge benefits in terms of resource and time investment.An increasing number of studies said Dr. alice Nongonierma
, a senior research scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Limerick FHI
, who says more research is needed to understand the fate trajectory of milk peptides in the body after milk and dairy products are ingested."
"
such
will be able to identify potential bioavailable active peptides, Nongonierma said. These peptides could be used as health enhancers in the future.
” “
Integrating this information into a database will be invaluable for the food industry to select bioactive peptide sequences for the design of biofunsic ingredients
/
products for human intervention research and development.
”Practical UseFHI
says
there are many examples of bioactive peptide sequences that have been used to develop biofunsic ingredients and products.one is
, a protein-derived bioactive tripeptide with blood pressure-lowering properties that
has listed for sale in Asia (Japan).immunomodulation is also an area of biological activity of interest to researchers, where peptides are fully identified and included in the new
FHI
database.Other ongoing
studies by FHI
include glucose management and muscle growth, and
FHI
is working to obtain sufficient data in the near future to include these findings in the database.The source of this
is
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