COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING MOOD, COGNITION, APPETITE, ALERTNESS, VIGILANCE, SLEEP ONSET AND QUALITY AND REDUCING ANXIOLYTIC EFFECTS, DEPRESSION, AFFECTIVE REACTION CONTROL OR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, PROCESS OF PRODUCING COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to a process of producing a composition comprising water-soluble tryptophan-containing peptides and having a Trp/LNAA ratio of more than 0.15, which comprises hydrolyzing lysozyme, preferably hen eggs lysozyme, to prepare a hydrolysate having a DH of between 5 and 45 and producing by said process a composition for improving mood, cognition, appetite, alertness, vigilance, sleep onset and quality, anxiolytic effects, reducing depression, affective reaction control or sexual behavior.