7.5 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE PEPTIDES
Antihypertensive agents can be classified in five different categories depending on their modes of action. They are categorized as diuretics, sympatholytic agents, angiotensin conversion enzyme(ACE) inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and arterial vasodilators. Antihypertensive peptides are considered, by their mode of action, to be ACE inhibitors. Antihypertensive peptides are one class of bioactive peptides having an inhibitory effect on the ACE.