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. 2014 Nov 20;47(2):369–380. doi: 10.1007/s00726-014-1869-x

Table 1.

Biological activities of the peptide fractions separated by precipitation, ion-exchange and reverse-phase chromatography of 2-h egg yolk protein by-product (YP) hydrolysate treated by pepsin

Isolation step Sample ACE IC50 (µg/mL) DPPH (µM Troloxeq/mg) FRAP (µg Fe2+/m) CHEL (µg Fe2+/mg)
Hydrolysis Peptic hydrolysate (2 h) (DH 45.3 %) 623.0a 0.5h,i 56.4f 405.0b
Precipitation (pH 4.0; centrifugation) Supernatant 361.0d 1.6d,e 78.1d 458.6a
Ion-exchange chromatography 1 249.1e 0.54hi 70.5e 13.2h
2 291.5d 0.55hi 23.3i 94.6f
3 NA 1.5d 15.1j 109.3f
4 283.0d 2.9b 110.6c 250.1c
5 475.8b 1.4e NA 128.2e
6 NA 0.67gh NA 38.3g
RP-HPLC A NA NA NA NA
B 152.3f 1.9c 112.1c NA
C (4.C) 35.0h 3.0ab 184.2b 406.5b
D 72.7g 0.8g 76.3de 175.6d
E 245.9e 0.8g 54.7f NA
F 423.0c 1.0f 40.0g NA
G NA NA 31.2h NA
H NA 0.4i 25.6hi 27.3gh
4.C.1 29.0h 3.1a 190.8a 402.5b

All data were expressed as mean values (n = 3)

Values sharing the same letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05

Mean values with different letters in the same column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05

NA no activity