A growing body of scientific evidence has revealed that many food peptides exhibit specific biological activities in addition to their established nutritional value. Bioactive peptides present in foods may help reduce the worldwide epidemic of chronic diseases that account for a great number of premature deaths annually. Bioactive peptides can be defined as isolated small fragments of proteins which provide some physiological health benefits. They act as potential modifiers reducing the risk of many chronic diseases. Bioactive Peptides from Food: Sources, Analysis, and Functions considers fundamental concepts, sources, hydrolysis, fractionation, purification, analysis, chemical synthesis, functions, and regulatory status of nutraceutical bioactive peptides. Methods of isolation of these peptides from different protein sources with their in vitro and vivo physiological effects are addressed. Divided into seven sections, this book delves into how these peptides play a major role in the development of various functional foods. Numerous bioactive peptides have been reported in recent years as naturally present or generated from food proteins of different origins like milk, eggs, soya, fish, and meat. Key Features: Includes a detailed study of the different sources of bioactive peptides Discusses the health benefits, such as antimicrobial, antiallergic, antihypertensive, antitumor, and immunomodulatory properties of peptides Explorates the state of the art analysis methods of peptides Discovers the bioinformatics of possible bioactive peptides Written by experts in their field from around the world, Bioactive Peptides from Food reveals the world of databases of peptides. It is a great resource for food scientists, technologists, chemists, nutrition researchers, producers, and processors working in the whole food science and technology field as well as those who are interested in the development of innovative functional products.

Table of Contents:
Contents Series Preface ix Preface xi About the Editors xiii List of Contributors xv SECTION 1 BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES Chapter 1 Bioactive Peptides: An Overview 3 Alessandro Colletti and Arrigo F.G. Cicero SECTION 2 SOURCES OF BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES Chapter 2 Bioactive Peptides from Algae 31 Rahel Suchintita Das, Brijesh K. Tiwari, and Marco Garcia-Vaquero Chapter 3 Meat 55 Sajad Ahmad Mir, Zahida Naseem, Danish Rizwan, and Farooq Ahmad Masoodi Chapter 4 Dairy Products 75 Fernanda Gobbi Amorim, Larissa Zambom Côco, Francielle Almeida Cordeiro, Bianca Prandi Campagnaro, and Rafaela Aires Chapter 5 Seafood 97 Jesús Aarón Salazar Leyva, Rosa Stephanie Navarro Peraza, Israel Benítez García, Emmanuel Martínez Montaño, and Idalia Osuna Ruíz Chapter 6 Cereals 129 Hitomi Kumagai Chapter 7 Soybean 141 Toshihiro Nakamori Chapter 8 Bioactive Peptides in Pulses 153 Anne Pihlanto, Elena Maestri, Markus Nurmi, Nelson Marmiroli, and Minna Kahala Chapter 9 Other Nonconventional Sources 181 Semih Ötleş and Vasfiye Hazal Özyurt SECTION 3 FROM PROTEINS TO PEPTIDES Chapter 10 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Proteins 189 Mohammad Zarei, Belal J. Muhialdin, Kambiz Hassanzadeh, Chay Shyan Yea, and Raman Ahmadi Chapter 11 Protein Hydrolysates in Animal Nutrition: Industrial Production, Bioactive Peptides, and Functional Significance 209 Yongqing Hou, Zhenlong Wu, Zhaolai Dai, Genhu Wang, and Guoyao Wu Chapter 12 Fermentation Process: The Factory of Bioactive Peptides 233 Belal J. Muhialdin, Mohammad Zarei, Kambiz Hassanzadeh, Chay Shyan Yea, and Raman Ahmadi Chapter 13 Subcritical Water Extraction and Microwave-Assisted Extraction 259 Leo M.L. Nollet Chapter 14 Fractionation and Purification of Bioactive Peptides 267 Chay Shyan Yea, Raman Ahmadi, Mohammad Zarei, and Belal J. Muhialdin SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES Chapter 15 Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Analysis of Bioactive Peptides 301 Evelien Wynendaele, Kevin Van der Borght, Nathan Debunne, and Bart De Spiegeleer Chapter 16 Bioinformatic Analysis 321 Semih Ötleş, Bahar Bakar, and Burcu Kaplan Türköz SECTION 5 CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF PEPTIDES Chapter 17 Chemical Synthesis of Peptides 349 Javed Ahamad, Raja Kumar Parabathina, and Javed Ahmad SECTION 6 FUNCTIONS OF BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES Chapter 18 Antihypertensive Activity 365 Ritam Bandopadhyay, Pragya Shakti Mishra, and Awanish Mishra Chapter 19 Bioactive Peptides in Neurodegenerative Diseases 391 Kambiz Hassanzadeh, Marco Feligioni, Mohammad Zarei, Belal J. Muhialdin, Rita Maccarone, Massimo Corbo, and Lucia Buccarello Chapter 20 Antimicrobial Activity of Bioactive Peptides and Their Applications in Food Safety: A Review 415 Mohammad Hossein Maleki, Hooman Jalilvand Nezhad, Nima Keshavarz Bahadori, Milad Daneshniya, and Zahra Latifi Chapter 21 Opioid Activity 427 Sureal Ahmad Sheikh, Pragya Shakti Mishra, Ritam Bandopadhyay, and Awanish Mishra Chapter 22 Immunomodulating Activity 441 Lourdes Santiago-López, A. Alejandra López-Pérez, Lilia M. Beltrán-Barrientos, Adrián Hernández-Mendoza, Belinda Vallejo- Cordoba, and Aarón F. González-Córdova Chapter 23 Bioactive Peptides: Cytomodulatory Activity 461 Carlotta Giromini and Mariagrazia Cavalleri Chapter 24 Other Biological Functions 485 Leo M.L. Nollet SECTION 7 REGULATORY STATUS OF BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES Chapter 25 Regulatory Status of Bioactive Peptides 509 Faraat Ali and Javed Ahmad Index 521