Liha töötlemine
4. elastase, and carboxypeptidase) during gas-
Of such bioactive peptides, angiotensin trointestinal digestion (Pihlanto and Korhonen
I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory pep- 2003). Although there has been no clear evi-
tides have been studied most extensively dence that bioactive peptides are generated
(Vermeirssen et al. 2004; Meisel et al. 2005). from meat proteins in human intestinal tracts,
Since some of these peptides have antihyper- their generation has been shown in several
tensive effects by oral administration, they in vitro studies. For example, some gastroin-
have been utilized for pharmaceuticals and testinal digestive enzymes generated ACE
430 Chapter 24
Hammes et al. 2003; Toldrá 2004). ACE-
MEAT PROTEINS
inhibitory and antihypertensive activities