casomorphin
Sign in to savethumb|right|350px|Casomorphin#Bovine β-casomorphin 7|Bovine β-casomorphin 7, a casomorphin, has seven amino acids in its [[peptide sequence.]] Casomorphin is an opioid peptide (protein fragment) derived from the digestion of the milk protein casein.
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It sits within the topics Dairy products and Peptides.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Health
- List of known casomorphins (non-exhaustive)
- β-Casomorphins 1–3
- Bovine β-casomorphins 1–4
- Bovine β-casomorphin 1–4, amide
- Bovine β-casomorphin 5
- Bovine β-casomorphin 7
- Human β-casomorphin 7
- Bovine β-casomorphin 8
- Bovine β-casomorphin 9
- Other bioactive casein-derived peptides
- References
thumb|right|350px|Casomorphin#Bovine β-casomorphin 7|Bovine β-casomorphin 7, a casomorphin, has seven amino acids in its [[peptide sequence.]] Casomorphin is an opioid peptide (protein fragment) derived from the digestion of the milk protein casein.
==Health== Digestive enzymes can break casein down into peptides that have some biological activity in cells and in laboratory animals though conclusive causal effects on humans have not been established.
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