Antihypertensive effects of Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) peptide on blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Kunio Suetsuna, Keisei Maekawa, Jiun Rong Chen

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Abstract

We examined the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity and antihypertensive effect of the hot water extract of wakame, Undaria pinnatifida. Ten dipeptides were isolated from the extract by several steps of chromatography, and their amino acid sequences were Tyr-His, Lys-Trp, Lys-Tyr, Lys-Phe, Phe-Tyr, Val-Trp, Val-Phe, Ile-Tyr, Ile-Trp, and Val-Tyr. Both single administration and repeated oral administration of synthetic Tyr-His, Lys-Tyr, Phe-Tyr, and Ile-Tyr significantly decreased blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-272
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • Angiotensin converting enzyme
  • Dipeptide
  • Hot water extract
  • Wakame
  • blood pressure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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