文摘
We compared quantity and structures of food-derived gelatin hydrolysates in human blood from threesources of type I collagen in a single blind crossover study. Five healthy male volunteers ingestedtype I gelatin hydrolysates from fish scale, fish skin, or porcine skin after 12 h of fasting. Amounts offree form Hyp and Hyp-containing peptide were measured over a 24-h period. Hyp-containing peptidescomprised approximately 30% of all detected Hyp. The total area under the concentration-time curveof the fish scale group was significantly higher than that of the porcine skin group. Pro-Hyp was amajor constituent of Hyp-containing peptides. Ala-Hyp, Leu-Hyp, Ile-Hyp, Phe-Hyp, and Pro-Hyp-Gly were detected only with fish scale or fish skin gelatin hydrolysates. Ala-Hyp-Gly and Ser-Hyp-Gly were detected only with fish scale gelatin hydrolysate. The quantity and structure of Hyp-containingpeptides in human blood after oral administration of gelatin hydrolysate depends on the gelatin source.