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. 2022 Jan 25;4:100078. doi: 10.1016/j.fochms.2022.100078

Table 2.

Mechanisms of antihypertensive peptides other than ACE inhibition.

Protein sources Bioactive peptide Cell line/Animal Model Activities References
Rapeseed and Captopril CL and VAP Rat ↑ 12.7% (NO)
↑ 74.1% (eNOS)
(Wang et al., 2021)
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) WF, YRK, and FQLFAS Human umbilical vein endothelial cells ↑ ≈33.3 % (NO)
↓ ≈50.0 % (ET-1)
(Zhao et al., 2019)
Rice Bran Protein hydrosylate 2 K-1C hypertensive rats ↑ ≈37.5 % (NO)
↑ eNOS expression
(Boonla et al., 2015)
Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) VASVI,
IVDR and
WYK
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells ↑ ≈10-20 % (NO)
↑ ≈ 500–900% eNOS expression
↑ ≈100 – 300% Akt expression
(Oh et al., 2020a, Oh et al., 2020b)
Mucuna pruriens seeds Peptide fraction Human blood 11.11 % ↓ platelet aggregation (Herrera-Chalé et al., 2016)
Mucuna pruriens seeds Peptide fraction In vitro analysis 0.47 % ↓ cholesterol micellar solubility (Herrera-Chalé et al., 2016)