“…Furthermore, if such hydrolysates contain mainly oligopeptides, they will be less susceptible to upstream denaturation/precipitation caused by pasteurization or sterilization (Adibi, & Morse, 1971;Clemente, 2000). A few studies (Matsumoto, Shimokawa, Ushida, Toida, & Hayasawa, 2001;Mezzaroba et al, 2006;Pacheco et al, 2006;Rosaneli, Bighetti, Antônio, Carvalho, & Sgarbieri, 2002 have indicated that acute or consecutive oral administration of WPC, WPH, whey protein hydrolysate fraction (WPHF) or a-lactalbumin, a-La, can protect the gastric mucosa from damages induced by ethanol, indomethacin or other ulcerogenic agents, via SH compounds (chiefly GSH) that activate endogenous PG synthesis.…”