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. 2021 Aug 25;19(9):480. doi: 10.3390/md19090480

Table 4.

Anticarcinogenic activity of peptides derived from secondary raw materials from fish processing.

By-Product Source for Peptide Peptide Sequence/Molecular Weight Anticancer Effect Researchers
Sepia Ink oligopeptides due to presence of lysine and proline in sequence N Gln-Pro-Lys with a molecular mass
of 343.4 Da
Inhibition of proliferation of human
prostate cancer (DU-145) cells
[118]
Tuna dark muscle peptides Leu-Pro-His-Val-Leu-Thr-Pro-Glu-Ala-Gly-Ala-Thr
and
Pro-Thr-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gly-Val-Tyr-Met-Val-Thr)
Anticarcinogenic activity against breast cancer cell line [24]
Snow crab by-product peptides Two anionic peptides with MW of 537 and 216 Da and three cationic peptides with MW of 228, 241 and 291 Da anticancer activity on colon, breast, prostate
and lung cancer cell lines
[119]
Shrimp shell peptide Peptides with fractionation size < 10 and 10–30 kDa Anticancer activity on colon and liver cancer cell lines [120]
Flathead by-product peptides <3 kDa Anticancer activity against HT-29 colon cancer cells up to 91.04% [121]
Lates calcarifer skin peptides - Anti-proliferative activity on human colon and liver cancer cell lines [117]
Flying fish frame peptides - Anti-proliferative activity against
Hep G2 cells
[122]
Grouper roe peptides - Reduced cell viability of oral cancer cells
& induced apoptosis of
Ca9–22 cells
[123]
Rohu roe peptides - Anti-proliferative
activity on Human colon cancer cell line
[124]
Threadfin bream
(Nemipterus japonicus)
Back bone peptides
- Anti-proliferative activity against
HepG2 cell lines
[24]
Cuttlefish mantle protein hydrolysates - MDA-231 and T47D cancer cell lines with growth inhibition of 78.2 and 66.2% [125]
Gilthead seabream byproduct peptides - Antiproliferative activity on human colon and breast cancer cell lines [126]