Hence, bioactive peptides possesswide range of therapeutic activities, including antihypertensive, antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and cholesterol-lowering effects.
As result of unique amino acid composition, microalgal proteins have gained mounting attention as source of bioactive peptides with promising pharmaceutical applications.
Hydrophobic amino acid residues with aromatic or branched-side chains at the C-terminal position and branched amino acids at the N-terminal position in peptides enhance the functional values.