Bioactive Peptides for Animal Feed Anti-Nutritional Factors

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Solution Overview

Problem

Animal feed compositions face challenges due to high levels of anti-nutritional factors in plant-based proteins and increasing costs of animal-derived proteins, necessitating the development of bioactive peptides with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties for improved nutritional and health benefits.

Innovation Solution

A composition comprising specific bioactive peptides with amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 to 7, which exhibit anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities, is formulated for use in nutritional and pharmaceutical applications, enhancing the nutritional value and health benefits of animal feed and human consumption products.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If plant-based proteins are used in animal feed compositions, then cost-effectiveness is improved, but anti-nutritional factors increase which reduce nutrient utilization

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecost-effectivenessVSAvoidanti-nutritional factors

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes anti-nutritional factors (phytic acid, tannins, alkaloids) from plant-based proteins through enzymatic treatment, isolating the harmful components to enable their elimination while preserving the nutritional value of the protein source

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent converts the presence of anti-nutritional factors into a benefit by using them as targets for enzymatic degradation, where the degradation products or the treatment process itself enhances the nutritional value and safety of the feed composition

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

2Productivity

If enzymes are added to deactivate anti-nutritional factors, then nutrient utilization is improved, but production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenutrient utilizationVSAvoidproduction cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs endogenous enzymes naturally present in the plant-based protein source or co-substrates to perform the deactivation of anti-nutritional factors, eliminating the need for external enzyme additions and associated costs while maintaining effective nutrient release

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If animal-derived proteins are used in feed compositions, then nutritional quality is improved, but production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenutritional qualityVSAvoidproduction cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the physical and chemical parameters of plant-based proteins through controlled enzymatic hydrolysis, transforming them into bioactive peptides with enhanced nutritional profiles that match or exceed the quality of animal-derived proteins while maintaining cost advantages

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4378319A1Composition comprising bioactive peptides

Publication Date: 2024.06.05 BIOIBERICA SA

AI summary

The present invention refers to a composition comprising bioactive peptides, wherein the bioactive peptides are antimicrobial or anti-inflammatory peptides. The invention also relates to the uses of the mentioned composition as well as nutritional compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bioactive peptides of the invention.