Food derived bioactive peptides and its application on health benefits

Bioactive peptides are specific sequences of amino acids, which are generated during food processing, microbial action, or enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioactive peptides have been researched for specific bio-functional role since many years. Well documented health benefits includes, antimicrobial activity, anticancer activity, anti-oxidative activity, antiaging activity, opioid activity, antithrombotic, hypocholesterolemic, immunomodulatory, cytomodulatory, mineral binding activity and also antihypertensive activity. Inhibiting mechanisms and structure of peptides plays crucial role in the bio-functional activity. Bioactive peptides with multi-functionality are now gaining special interest from researchers. Here, this article explained different functions of peptides, possible mechanisms of bioactive peptides, multifunctional role, and sources of multifunctional peptides.