Review on plant-derived bioactive peptides: biological activities, mechanism of action and utilizations in food development

• Published in: Journal of future foods Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 143 - 159
• Main Authors: Fan, Hongxiu, Liu, Hongcheng, Zhang, Yanrong, Zhang, Shanshan, Liu, Tingting, Wang, Dawei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2022; KeAi Communications Co. Ltd
• Subjects: animals; antioxidants; Biological activities; disease prevention; health services; hepatoprotective effect; hydrophilicity; Industrial application; industrial applications; lipophilicity; Mechanism of action; medicine; oils; peptides; Plant-derived bioactive peptides; Plant-derived bioactive peptides; Biological activities; Mechanism of action; Industrial application
• ISSN: 2772-5669; 2772-5669
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jfutfo.2022.03.003

Plant proteins are good alternative to animal sources in bioactive peptide production due to their safety, low-cost, rich resources and easy for large scale production. The bioactivities of the peptides derived from plant proteins including antihypertensive, hypocholesterolemic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, opiate and hepatoprotective effect are being increasingly recognized with regards to health promoting and disease prevention. In addition to bioactivities, the plant-derived bioactive peptides possess various functional properties including emulsifying and foaming properties, and water and oil retention capacities owning to the hydrophilic/lipophilic property, conformational flexibility and chain length of peptides. Hence, the plant-derived bioactive peptides are promising ingredients for the development of health-care and functional products. This review provides the research progress on the biological activities and functional properties of plant derived peptides. The mechanism of action and structure-activity relationships of the bioactive peptide were also described, when known. Furthermore, recent developments, major challenges and prospect in the application of the plant-derive bioactive peptides in the development of functional products are discussed and summarized. The objective of this review is to improve the understanding of plant-derive bioactive peptides, and provide some constructive inspirations for further research and industrial application in the food and medicine industry.