Transportation of whey protein-derived peptides using Caco- 2 cell model and identification of novel cholesterol-lowering

Background: The increasing morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease have become a major factor in human death. Serum cholesterol is considered to be an important risk factor for inducing coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases. To screen intestinal absorbable functional small peptides with cholesterol-lowering activity by enzymatic hydrolysis of whey protein and develop cholester- ol-based functional food that may become a substitute for chemically...