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Opioid Food Peptides

Significant Exorphins from Food Sources

  • Discusses the structural features of the food-derived exorphins critical for demonstrating opioid activity
  • Describes the classification, production and opioid activity of food-derived exorphins
  • Sheds light on the various physiological activities of these food-derived exorphins
  • Provides insights in to the potential of these exorphins in the food, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Significant Food-Derived Opioid Peptides

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 1-20
  3. Structure and Production of Casomorphins

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 21-38
  4. Biological Activities of Casomorphins

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 39-50
  5. Lactorphins and Lactoferroxins

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 51-60
  6. Casoxins

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 61-70
  7. Gluten Exorphins

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 71-88
  8. Rubiscolins, Soymorphins, and Oryzatensin

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 89-104
  9. Analysis of Food-derived Opioid Peptides

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 105-123
  10. Conclusions and Future Perspectives

    • Mohammad Raies Ul Haq
    Pages 125-137

About this book

This book compiles the latest research on food-derived opioid peptides, particularly those derived from milk. It describes in detail the structure, classification and, more importantly, physiological functions of these peptides. Presenting an interesting overview of the opioid receptors and receptor ligands, it examines the absorption, transport and degradation of these opioid peptides. Further, it highlights the production of β-casomorphins from only one variant of β-casein and its biological activities, and explores the generation of αb‐lactorphin from bovine αb‐lactalbumin and βb‐lactorphin. The book also includes a section on the use of advanced biochemical and pharmacological techniques to analyze opioid peptides, discussing the extraction of protein from food sources, protein purification followed by SGID, filtration of peptides and analysis using analytical HPLC. Lastly, it offers insights into the significance of these peptides in the pharmaceutical industry and their potential role as therapeutic agents.
This timely book is useful for researchers and students in the field of food sciences, dairy science, agriculture and pharmacology. It is also of interest to industry experts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar, Srinagar, India

    Mohammad Raies Ul Haq

About the author

Mohammad Raies Ul Haq holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the National Dairy Research Institute-Indian
Council of Agricultural Research (NDRI-ICAR), Karnal, Haryana. He is currently an Assistant Professor
of Biochemistry at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Dentistry &
Oral Disorders and of Acta Scientific Nutritional Health. He is a member of The Society of Biological Chemists
and the Indian Science Congress and a member of the Board of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies for
Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry at the Cluster University of Srinagar. He has more than 5 years of
teaching experience at various government colleges and universities. He worked as Lecturer at the Department
of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, and at the Government College for Women, M. A. Road, Srinagar.
He also passed the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by CSIR. He has authored three books: “Analytical
Biochemistry,” “Skill Development in Biochemistry,” and “Expertise Enhancement in Biochemistry” and published several research papers in reputed international journals. He was awarded a “Certificate of Appreciation” from NDRI-ICAR for his outstanding Ph.D. research. Moreover, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Research for Development (CORD) at University of Kashmir (UoK), where he conducted research funded by SERB-DST, New Delhi.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Opioid Food Peptides

  • Book Subtitle: Significant Exorphins from Food Sources

  • Authors: Mohammad Raies Ul Haq

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6102-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6101-6Published: 16 July 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6104-7Published: 16 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6102-3Published: 15 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 137

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Food Science, Analytical Chemistry

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
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