BIOACTIVE PEPTIDE-PRODUCING STRAINS OF i ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS /i , BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to Enterococcus faecalis bacteria which can produce bioactive peptides, such as peptides with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor activity and/or antihypertensive activity. The aforementioned bacteria can be used to ferment a substrate comprising one or more proteins, peptides or fragments thereof which contain the amino acid sequence of said bioactive peptides. Moreover, the above-mentioned bacteria and bioactive peptides can be used in the pharmaceutical and food industries for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions or functional food products.