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. 2017 Apr 26;6(5):33. doi: 10.3390/foods6050033

Table 2.

Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE)-I inhibitory bioactive peptides derived from seaweed and microalgae. The potency of the peptides is indicated by their IC50 values, which refers to the concentration required to inhibit enzyme activity by 50%.

Source Hydrolytic Method Peptide Sequence IC50 Reference
Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) Pepsin Ala-Ile-Tyr-Lys 213 μM [201]
Tyr-Lys-Tyr-Tyr 64.2 μM
Lys-Phe-Tyr-Gly 90.5 μM
Tyr-Asn-Lys-Leu 90.5 μM
Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) Hot water extraction Tyr-His 5.1 μM [202]
Lys-Trp 10.8 μM
Lys-Tyr 7.7 μM
Lys-Phe 28.3 μM
Phe-Tyr 3.7 μM
Val-Trp 10.8 μM
Val-Phe 43.7 μM
Ile-Tyr 2.7 μM
Ile-Trp 12.4 μM
Val-Tyr 11.3 μM
Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) Protease S “Amano” Val-Tyr 35.2 μM [203]
Ile-Tyr 6.1 μM
Ala-Trp 18.8 μM
Phe-Tyr 42.3 μM
Val-Trp 3.3 μM
Ile-Trp 1.5 μM
Leu-Trp 23.6 μM
Ecklonia cava Alcalase Enzymatic digest 2.79 μg/mL [204]
Flavourzyme Enzymatic digest 3.56 μg/mL
Kojizyme Enzymatic digest 2.33 μg/mL
Neutrase Enzymatic digest 3.10 μg/mL
Protamex Enzymatic digest 3.28 μg/mL
Porphyra yezoensis Ile-Tyr 2.69 μM [205]
Met-Lys-Tyr 7.26 μM
Ala-Lys-Tyr-Ser-Tyr 1.52 μM
Leu-Arg-Tyr 5.06 μM
Hizikia fusiformis Gly-Lys-Tyr 3.92 μM [206]
Ser-Val-Tyr 8.12 μM
Ser-Lys-Thr-Tyr 11.07 μM
Palmaria palmata (dulse) Thermolysin Val-Tyr-Arg-Thr 0.14 μM [207]
Leu-Asp-Tyr 6.1 μM
Leu-Arg-Tyr 0.044 μM
Phe-Glu-Gln-Trp-Ala-Ser 2.8 μM
Chlorella vulgaris Pepsin Ile-Val-Val-Glu 315.3 μM [208]
Ala-Phe-Leu 63.8 μM
Phe-Ala-Leu 26.3 μM
Ala-Glu-Leu 57.1 μM
Val-Val-Pro-Pro-Ala 79.5 μM
Arthrospira platensis Ile-Ala-Glu 34.7 μM
Phe-Ala-Leu 11.4 μM
Ala-Glu-Leu 11.4 μM
Ile-Ala-Pro-Gly 11.4 μM
Val-Ala-Phe 35.8 μM
Nannochloropsis oculata Alcalase Leu-Val-Thr-Val-Met 18.0 μM [209]
Nannochloropsis oculata Pepsin Gly-Met-Asn-Asn-Leu-Thr-Pro 123 μM [210]
Leu-Glu-Gln 173 μM
Chlorella ellipsoidea Protamex, Kojizyme, Neutrase, Flavourzyme, Alcalase, trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, pepsin, and papain Val-Glu-Gly-Tyr 128.4 μM [211]
Chlorella vulgaris Flavourzyme, alcalase, papain, and pepsin Val-Glu-Cys-Tyr-Gly-Pro-Asn-Arg-Pro-Gln-Phe 29.6 μM [212]