Microencapsulation and modification of synthetic peptides of food proteins reduces the blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats

  • J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Mar 12;51(6):1671-5. doi: 10.1021/jf020900u.
Tzy-Li Chen  1 ,  Yung-Chieh Lo ,  Wei-Tze Hu ,  Ming-Chang Wu ,  Shui-Ten Chen ,  Hung-Min Chang
Affiliations
  • 1. Graduate Institute of Food Science & Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106-17, Taiwan.
PMID: 12617603 DOI: 10.1021/jf020900u
Abstract

Synthetic peptides were microencapsulated into liposomes, cycled with a disulfide bond or modified with d-phenylglycine (d-phg) at the N-terminal, and their antihypertensive effects as orally administered (0.18 mM/kg body weight) to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were measured. The microencapsulated Leu-Lys-Pro reduced significantly the systolic blood pressures of SHR by 45 mmHg and showed a prolonged duration, revealing the significant protective effect of encapsulation. d-phg-Leu-Arg-Pro showed a duration about 2 h shorter than that of the peptide without modification. In addition, cyclic Leu-Arg-Pro peptide with a disulfide bond between the N- and C-terminal Amino acids reduced the systolic blood pressure of SHR by 35 mmHg and displayed a lengthy duration.

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