Research Article

Enhancement or Suppression of ACE Inhibitory Activity by a Mixture of Tea and Foods for Specified Health Uses (FOSHU) That Are Marketed as “Support for Normal Blood Pressure”

Figure 1

ACE inhibitory activity of mixtures of Healthya and FOSHU. Activity of Healthya with respect to converting 32.5 mg/mL of tea polyphenols (black square) and ACE inhibitory peptides in a FOSHU (white square: Goma-Mugicha conversion of 10 ng/mL Leu-Val-Tys, Lapis Support conversion of 38 ng/mL Val-Tys, and Ameal conversion of 445 ng/mL Val-Pro-Pro) or a mixture of Healthya and a FOSHU (gray square). Data are expressed as mean ± SD, 𝑛 = 3 .
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