With the growing demand for functional foods having better nutraceutical properties, lactic
acid bacteria (LAB) has become an important industrial microorganism. LAB play a …

Bioactive peptides generated from food proteins have great potential as functional foods and
nutraceuticals. Bioactive peptides possess several significant functions, such as …

Sheep milk has a high nutritional value and high concentrations of proteins, fats, minerals,
and vitamins, as compared to the milks of other domestic species. The physicochemical and …

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 …

Consumer interest in healthy lifestyle and health-promoting natural products is a major
driving force for the increasing global demand of biofunctional dairy foods. A number of …

The byproduct of cheese-producing industries, cheese whey, is considered as an
environmental pollutant due to its high BOD and COD concentrations. The high organic load …

Bioactive peptides (BP) are organic substances formed by amino acids joined by covalent
bonds known as amide or peptide bonds. Although some BP exist free in its natural source …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) can produce a huge amount of bioactive compounds. Since their
elective habitat is food, especially dairy but also vegetal food, it is frequent to find bioactive …

Marine organisms such as fish and shellfish are rich sources of structurally diverse bioactive
nitrogenous components. Based on emerging evidence of potential health benefits, these …

Many peptides that are released in vitro or in vivo from animal or plant proteins are bioactive
and have regulatory functions in humans beyond normal and adequate nutrition. Different …