The invention discloses an anti-inflammatory
tetrapeptide, an extraction and
separation method therefor and application of the anti-inflammatory
tetrapeptide in preparation of drugs for improving memory. The anti-inflammatory
tetrapeptide has an
amino acid sequence of Gly-Val-Tyr-Tyr. The extraction and
separation method for the anti-inflammatory tetrapeptide comprises the following steps: extracting walnut proteins from walnut
meal through alkali-solution and acid-isolation, weighing the walnut proteins, adding deionized water into the weighed walnut proteins for mixing, carrying out enzymolysis, and taking supernatant, so as to obtain a walnut
protein enzymolysis solution; collecting permeate with an
ultrafiltration membrane with the molecular weight of 3kDa; and introducing a lower-molecular-weight component sample of the walnut
protein enzymolysis solution to a gel
filtration chromatographic column, carrying out eluting with deionized water, employing a detection
wavelength of 220nm, collecting and merging a plurality of
elution peak components, carrying out
mass spectrometric detection on the component with relatively high anti-inflammatory activity, and confirming that the component contains the anti-inflammatory tetrapeptide disclosed by the invention. The anti-inflammatory tetrapeptide disclosed by the invention has relatively good inhibiting activity to LPS stimulatedBV-2
cell inflammation reactions and can be used for preparing memory improving drugs or healthy products.