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Effect of surface hydrophobicity of soybean peptides on serum cholesterol in rats was investigated. Soybean protein(ISP), casein(CNP), and their peptic hydrolyzates fractionated by acid precipitations (SHT, SHB, SH6, SH4, CHT, CH6, CHS, CH4) were fed to rats and the concentration of serum cholesterol and the fecal steroid excretion were measured. And surface hydrophobicities of the peptide fractions were measured by determining by the ANS flourescence intensity and SDS binding capacity. It was found that the higher the surface hydrophobicity of peptides was, the more the fecal steroids excreted(r=0.801) and the lower the concentration of serum cholesterol became(r=-0.868). However, there was no relationship between SDS surface hydrophobicity and fecal steroids or serum cholesterol. ANS surface hydrophobicity of soybean protein was increased by enzymatic hydrolysis. These results suggest that high surface hydrophobicity of peptides formed during digestion is responsible for the hypocholestrolemic effect of soybean protein through the hydrophobic interaction between the peptides and bile salts in rats.
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