Abstract:With the increasing demand of functional foods and nutritional supplements, the plant-derived bioactive peptides have become an emerging hot research topic in the field of nutrition. Plant-derived bioactive peptides play an important role in human health as protein supplements or food ingredients. Peas are rich in high-quality protein and have high nutritional value, making them a good source of bioactive peptides. The pea peptides prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis have various physiological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antihypertensive activities. Pea peptides have a promising development prospect in the fields of food and health products. In this paper, the preparation methods for pea peptides based on enzymatic hydrolysis technology were summarized, the biological activity and mechanisms of pea peptides including hypoglycemic, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial activities were systematically classified and analyzed, aiming to provide a new ideas for deeper research on pea peptides, and a theoretical basis and support for the future production of pea peptides and their development in the field of functional foods.