Advances on the Research of Sea Cucumber Biological Activities
Sea cucumber is important marine food and medicinal materials. It contains a variety of biologically active ingredients, such as polysaccharides,saponins,peptides,proteins,lipids and other active ingredients. They possess the activities of immunopotentiation,anti-coagulation,analgesic,and anti- tumor,anti- fungal,anti-virus,anti-aging and anti-fatigue and other physiological functions. The summary reviewed the distribution of sea cucumber resources in China and the component and biological activity of sea cucumbers,which may provide the theoretical basis for scientists researching the sea cucumber from the cellular and molecular level and searching for new marine effective drugs and developing functional food. It also provides new ideas for rich sea cucumber resources development and utilization of China.