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Lorena Arias1, Claudia P Sánchez-Henao1, José E Zapata1

  • 1Nutrition and Food Technology Research Group, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences Faculty, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín 050010, Colombia.

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Bioactive peptidesL-NAMEfish hydrolysatehypertensionin vitro gastrointestinal digestion.nitric oxide

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