Figures (3)  Tables (1)
    • Figure 1. 

      Detection of dipeptides with antihypertensive activity in deer meat extracts and HHP-treated deer meat sauce. Peaks corresponding to specific dipeptides are indicated. From top to bottom: (a) UV chromatogram at 280 nm, (b) total absorption chromatogram (TAC) obtained using a diode-array detector (DAD), and (c) the ion chromatogram at m/z = 227.1. Lines indicate peaks assigned to antihypertensive dipeptides. HHP treatment resulted in increased levels of these dipeptides compared with untreated deer meat extract. Details of the analytical conditions are provided in the materials and methods. These data represent typical examples from at least independently conducted experiments.

    • Figure 2. 

      Lifespan of worms supplemented with deer meat extract and HHP-treated deer meat extract. The figure shows the survival curves for C. elegans across three groups: worms without supplementation (control, black line), worms supplemented with deer meat extract (green line), and worms supplemented with HHP-treated deer meat sauce (red line). The Kaplan-Meier survival curves for C. elegans (wild-type N2) at 20 °C are shown. The experiments were repeated in three independent experiments. Statistical significance was determined by the log-rank test (p < 0.05).

    • Figure 3. 

      Migration distances of C. elegans under fatigue conditions with and without supplementation of HHP-treated deer meat sauce. Data are presented as mean ± SD. p < 0.05 indicates statistical significance between groups.

    • Food name Type Ingredient type IC50 value (μg/mL) Ref.
      HHP-treated deer meat sauce HHP-treated meat Mixed peptides (unidentified) 201 Present study
      Japanese soy sauce Fermented soybean Mixed peptides (unidentified) 1,620 [37]
      Chinese soy sauce Fermented soybean Mixed peptides (unidentified) 740-3,030 [38]
      Natto (traditional Japanese fermented soybeans) Fermented soybean Polymer-blended peptide (mucus fraction) 120-950 [39]
      Tofu-yō (traditional Japanese fermented tofu food) Fermented Tofu Crude extract (unidentified) 1,770 [40]
      Livestock meat (beef, pork, chicken) Raw meat Mixed peptides (unidentified) Calculated as beef (9,020);
      pork (4,190); chicken (3,550)
      [41]

      Table 1. 

      Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity of various fermented and meat products.