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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 84-91Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051422
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antihypertensive effect; clinical study; casein hydrolysate; VPP and IPP
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We describe a clinical trial to study the efficacy of a casein hydrolysate, prepared using an Aspergillus oryzae protease, containing the major angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides Val-Pro-Pro (VPP) and Ile-Pro-Pro (IPP) in a single-blind, placebo-controlled study. A total of 131 volunteers with high-normal blood pressure and mild hypertension were randomly divided into four groups (n 32 or 33 in each group). Each volunteer was given two tablets containing four different dosages of VPP and IPP (VPP + IPP: 0, 1.8, 2.5 and 3.6 mg), daily for 6 weeks. A significant decrease in systolic blood pressure was observed at 6 weeks in the active group receiving 1.8 mg (P < 0.01) VPP and IPP; in the active groups receiving either 2 center dot 5 mg or 3 center dot 6 mg, systolic blood pressure was decreased at both 3 weeks (P < 0.05 and P < 0.05) and 6 weeks (P < 0.001 and P < 0.0001) compared with systolic blood pressure measured before treatment. Changes in the systolic blood pressure after 6 weeks of treatment in the four groups were -1.7, -6.3, -6.7 and -10.1 mmHg, and these effects were dose dependent. In addition, a significant difference in systolic blood pressure between the placebo group and the VPP and IPP group receiving 3 center dot 6 mg was observed (P < 0.001) by two-way ANOVA. The antihypertensive effect was greater in mildly hypertensive subjects (n 20 or 21 in each group) than in any of the other subjects. No significant change of diastolic blood pressure was observed for all the test groups, and no differences in diastolic blood pressure in the test sample groups compared with the placebo group were observed during the test period.
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