This invention relates to the field of
biomedical technology, and particularly to a process for preparing chicken thymus immunomodulatory peptides using a compound
enzymatic hydrolysis method, the chicken thymus immunomodulatory peptides, and their applications. The steps are as follows: First, the chicken thymus tissue is pretreated, including thawing,
cutting,
microwave-assisted treatment, and high-speed homogenization. Then,
pepsin pre-
hydrolysis is performed, the pH is adjusted, and
pepsin is added to the reaction. Next, the
hydrolysis is optimized by
pH gradient conversion (pH 4.8-5.2→6.3-6.7→7.3-7.7), followed by
trypsin secondary
hydrolysis. Then, the peptides are purified using a gradient membrane
separation system (10kDa, 1kDa, 500Da), and the 1kDa-500Da fraction is collected. Finally, the collected fraction is concentrated and freeze-dried to obtain the
target peptide. This process combines
enzymatic hydrolysis and membrane
separation technology to effectively extract highly active immunomodulatory peptides. The yield of active peptides in this invention is increased by approximately 42%, and the purity is increased by approximately 28%.