The invention discloses a
small molecule peptide with
antioxidant activity as well as a preparation method and application of the
small molecule peptide. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the following steps: 1) carrying out enzymolysis on
squid viscera by adopting
neutral protease (4000U / g, pH 7.0, 50 DEG C and 8 hours), carrying out
freeze drying, and identifying
peptide fragments through MALDI-TOF
mass spectrometry; 2) binding molecular docking (AutoDock Vina screening
binding energy lt; the method comprises the following steps of: screening out two small molecular peptides YVPGKFRQTN and GLPQTMEVYLR with
antioxidant activity (-8.0 kcal / mol) and
molecular dynamics simulation verification, namely YVPGKFRQTN and GLPQTMEVYLR with
antioxidant activity; and 3) experimental
verification shows that the
DPPH free radical
scavenging rates of the two are respectively 89.4% and 83.1% when the concentration of the two is 2.5 mg / mL, and
oxidative stress is remarkably inhibited by up-regulating an Nrf2 pathway (
protein expression is 3.0-3.5 times, and HO-1 / SOD1
gene expression is 3.6-4.1 times). The obtained antioxidant activity
small molecule peptide can be applied to development of
functional food,
cosmetics and anti-aging drugs, and a new way is provided for high-value utilization of
squid byproducts.