edited by Yoshinori Mine
Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease provides practical, comprehensive information on bioactive proteins and peptides in the area of nutraceutical and functional foods.
Features:
- Provides the first authoritative compendium on bioactive proteins and peptides in the area of nutraceuticals and functional foods
- Examines recent advances in the field leading to important novel therapies
- Explores the beneficial health effects of peptides, including their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties
- Discusses new findings on hypoallergenic foods and the creation of anti-allergens
- Explores how advances in proteomics are revolutionizing our understanding of phytonutrients and nutraceutical proteins
Contents
Nutrient Absorption System
- Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease: An Overview
- Calcium-Binding Peptides
- Mineral-Binding Proteins and Peptides and the Bioavailability of Trace Elements
- Cholesterol-Lowering Proteins and Peptides
- Heavy-Metal-Binding Proteins
- Tight-Junction-Modulatory Factors in Food
Body's Defense System
- Antimicrobial Peptides
- Bovine Milk Antibodies for Protection against Microbial Human Diseases
- Avian Immunoglobulin Y and its Application in Human Health and Disease
- Antiangiogenic Proteins, Peptides, and Amino Acids
- Relevance of Growth Factors for the Gastrointestinal Tract and Other Organs
- Cystatin: A Novel Bioactive Protein
Body's Regulating System
- ACE Inhibitory Peptides
- Regulation of Bone Metabolism: Milk Basic Protein
- Anticariogenic Peptides
- Fibrinolytic Enzymes from Food in Cardiovascular Disease
Body's Nervous System
- Opioid Peptides
- Factor on Body's Nervous System: Relaxation Effects of Tea L-Theanine
Hypoallergenic Foods
- Introduction to Food Allergy
- The Production of Hypoallergenic Wheat Flour for Wheat-Allergic Patients
- Milk Proteins
- Egg Proteins
- Soybean
- Meat Allergy
- Rice-Seed Allergenic Proteins and Hypoallergenic Rice
- Buckwheat Allergy
Modern Approaches to BioactiveProteins and Peptides
- Database of Protein and Bioactive Peptide Sequences
- Rational Designing of Bioactive Peptides
- Engineering Hen Egg-White Lysozyme
- New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Oligopeptides and Conformation-Constrained Peptidomimetics
- Lacticin 3147
- Membrane-Based Fractionation and Purification Strategies for Bioactive Peptides
Index
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