Samples Size  interval Inhibition activity (%)
   
Thermolysin Alcalase
Hydrolysates  after hydrolysis. 1 79.41 ± 0.14a 55.15 ± 0.25b
(chosen time interval (hour)) 2 58.09 ± 0.11d 78.68 ± 0.17a
After ultrafiltration 10 kDa 60.30 ± 0.23c 22.11 ± 0.11d
(diff. membrane cut-off (MWCO)) 3kDa 66.33 ± 0.15b 37.19 ± 0.13c
abcdeDifferent lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P<0.05) between samples.
Table 3: Effect of hydrolysis time and low molecular weight (after one hour hydrolysis of protein) with different enzymes on antihypertensive activity of O. niloticus protein hydrolysate by inhibition of ACE enzyme (n=3).