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This study aimed to develop a sustainable method to hydrolyse chicken feathers and evaluate the effects of microwave (MW) irradiation pre-treatment in the generation of bioactive hydrolysates by simple or sequential hydrolysis with Alcalase. The hydrolysate with MW irradiation pre-treatment and Alcalase (2%, 2 h) (MWA) showed the highest overall antioxidant activity and neprilysin-inhibitory activity (55%), whereas samples without MW irradiation pre-treatment exerted the highest inhibitory activity of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-I), with values close to 50 and 70%, respectively. Mass spectrometry in tandem of bioactive hydrolysates was performed, and an in silico approach was used to characterise the obtained sequences. 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