Nippon Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroyuki Fujita

Masayasu Hasegawa

Masaaki Yoshikawa

Keiichi Yokoyama

Ryouichi Yasumoto

Disclosed is a method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor composition from natural materials, which composition is of use as an antihypertensive drug or diet. The method comprises heating a meat in water at a temperature not lower than 50.degree. C. to extract water-soluble protein and hydrolyzing the residue predominantly composed of water-insoluble protein with a protease.

Method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme

A method of producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-containing composition, which is of value as an antihypertensive agent or diet, from natural resources. According to the method, proteins are hydrolyzed with a protease elaborated by a microorganism of the genus Bacillus, Aspergillus or Rhizopus or a protease of papaya origin.

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Suita, Japan

Hiroyuki Fujita