Table 2.

Health benefits reported in the literature for peptides released from undigested (WPH) and intestinal digested (ID) whey protein hydrolysates following simulated absorption studies in a UC: the proteins considered are β-lactoglobulin (β-lg), α-lactalbumin (α-la), β-casein (β-cas), κ-casein (κ-cas), and α_S1-casein (α-cas_S1)_.

Protein	Peptide	WPH	ID	Bioactivity	Reference
β-lg	KGLDIQKVAGTW	X	X	ACE Inhibitory	[27]
	GLDIQK	X	X		[28]
	VLDTDYK		X
	IVTQTMKG		X		[29]
	VLDTDYKK		X
	KTKIPAV	X	X
	VEELKPTPEGDLE	X
	LEKFDK	X
	LDIQKVAGTW	X			[30]
	RELKDLKGYGG	X	X	Anti-diabetic	[31]
	LIVTQTMKGLD		X
	IVTQTMKGLD	X
	IVTQTMKGLDIQ		X
	LKPTPEGDL	X	X	DPP-IV inhibitory	[30]
	TPEVDDEALEK	X	X
	VLVLDTDYK	X	X
	LVLDTDYK		X	Antimicrobial	[32]
	ALKALPMHI	X			[33]
	GLDIQKVAGT	X	X		[30]
	TPEVDDEALEK	X	X
	VLVLDTDYK	X	X
	IDALNENK	X	X
	SLAMAASDISLL	X	X
	KPTPEGDLEI	X		Memory function	[34]
	KTKIPAVF	X		Antioxidant	[35]
	NENKVLVLDTDYKKY	X			[36]
α-la	GGVSLPEW	X		ACE Inhibitory	[37]
	DKVGINYW	X			[30]
	LKGYGGVSLPEW		X
β-cas	LVYPFPGPIPN	X	X		[5]
	VYPFPGPIPN	X	X		[30]
	YPFPGPIPN	X	X
	YPFPGPIHNSLPQ	X
	VENLHLPLPL	X		Anticancer	[38]
	VYPFPGPIPN	X	X	Antioxidant	[30]
	YPFPGPIPN	X	X	DPP-IV inhibitory
	VYPFPGPIP	X	X	Prolyl endopeptidase-inhibitory
	PVVVPPFLQPE	X	X	Antimicrobial
κ-cas	VQVTSTAV	X		Antimicrobial
α-casS1	SDIPNPIGSENSEK	X	X