Péptidos bioactivos

Bioactive peptides, or peptides with biological activity produced during gastrointestinal digestion or food processing, could play an important role in metabolic regulation and modulation, suggesting their potential use as nutraceuticals and ingredients of functional foods to promote health and reduce the risk of disease. In the last few years, efforts have been made to study the various potential beneficial activities of these bioactive peptides in the body, including their antihypertensive, hypocholesterolemic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, and opiate-like activities. Likewise, research is currently being carried out to detect food sources of bioactive peptides as well as to study their bioavailability, functional properties and mechanisms of action.