The object of the present invention is to provide a peptide having angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity also improved in the taste, and to provide a method of producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors comprising at least one of such enzymes. Another object of the present invention is to provide an antihypertensive comprising a peptide having angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity. Thus, the present invention is any of the five peptides represented by the following formula (1) to (5) and the salts thereof, soybean protein hydrolysates containing these peptides and the method of producing these peptides or the salts thereof comprising hydrolyzing soybean proteins with protease D3:(1)Tyr-Val-Val-Phe-Lys; (2)Pro-Asn-Asn-Lys-Pro-Phe-Gln; (3)Asn-Trp-Gly-Pro-Leu-Val; (4)Ile-Pro-Pro-Gly-Val-Pro-Tyr-Trp-Thr; (5)Thr-Pro-Arg-Val-Phe.
                            本发明的目的是提供一种具有
血管紧张素转换酶抑制活性且味道改善的肽,并提供一种制备至少包含这些酶之一的
血管紧张素转换酶
抑制剂的方法。本发明的另一个目的是提供一种包含具有
血管紧张素转换酶抑制活性的肽的降压剂。因此,本发明是以下公式(1)至(5)和其盐中的任何一种肽,以及含有这些肽的大豆蛋白
水解物和制备这些肽或其盐的方法,包括用
蛋白酶D3
水解大豆蛋白:(1)Tyr-Val-Val-Phe-Lys;(2)Pro-Asn-Asn-Lys-Pro-Phe-Gln;(3)Asn-Trp-Gly-Pro-Leu-Val;(4)Ile-Pro-Pro-Gly-Val-Pro-Tyr-Trp-Thr;(5)Thr-Pro-Arg-Val-Phe。