“…Among these immunodulatory peptides, the enzymatic peptides from rice protein (RP) have been reported to exhibit strong immune activities in animal experiments as well as in clinical research (Takahashi et al, 1996;Takahashi, Moriguchi, Yoshikawa, & Sasaki, 1994;Wen et al, 2016). In addition, rice is one of the most important staple foods for more than half of the world's population, and provides approximately 60% of the food intake in some Asian countries (Cao et al, 2010;Gross & Zhao, 2014). The RP is rich in essential and balanced amino acids and has higher biological and protein values than other cereal proteins (Ochiai, Tanaka, Tanaka, & Taniguchi, 2016;Zhang & Wang, 2013).…”