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Table 2 Maximum plasma concentrations and elimination half-lives of bioactive peptides administered to animals and humans

From: Bioactive peptides from fermented foods and their relevance in COVID-19 mitigation

Peptide sequence

Administration dose

Test subject

Maximum plasma concentration

Half life

Reference

WH

Oral

10 mg/kg body weight

Rats

19 nM

37 min

(Hanh et al., 2017)

LPP

oral

12.3 μg/kg body weight

Pigs

21 nM

42 min

(Ten Have et al., 2015)

VPP

oral

12.8 μg/kg body weight

Pigs

21 nM

23 min

(Ten Have et al., 2015)

HLPLP

Intravenous

4 mg/kg body weight

Rats

120 ng/ml

8 min

(Sánchez-Rivera et al., 2014)

PG

167 mg/kg body weight

Humans

18 μM

 ~ 2 h

(Shigemura et al., 2012)

VY

Oral

30 mg/kg body weight

Rats

1.1 ng//ml

4.1 h

(Nakashima et al., 2011)

YPFVEPI,

YPFPGPI

Oral milk

Infants

0.3 μM

Not determined

(Kost et al., 2009)

IPP, LPP, AW, IW,

LW, VY, FY

Oral yoghurt

Humans

0.1-3 nM

 ~ 30 min

(Foltz et al., 2007)

VY

Oral 12 mg

Humans

1.9 μM

3.1 h

(Matsui et al., 2002)

MAIPPKKNQDK

Oral milk or yoghurt

Newborn infants

21 μg/ml

At least 1 h

(Chabance et al., 1995)

IAIPPKKIQDK

Oral milk or yoghurt

Newborn infants

16 μg/ml

At least 1 h

(Chabance et al., 1995)