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High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.

Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holothuroidea, are marine invertebrates, habitually found in the benthic areas and deep seas across the world. They have high commercial value coupled with increasing global production and trade. Sea cucumbers, informally named as bêche-de-mer, or gamat, have lo...

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Main Authors: Bordbar, Sara, Anwar, Farooq, Saari, Nazamid
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Published: MDPI 2011
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spelling my.upm.eprints.241572015-08-26T04:49:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24157/ High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review. Bordbar, Sara Anwar, Farooq Saari, Nazamid Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holothuroidea, are marine invertebrates, habitually found in the benthic areas and deep seas across the world. They have high commercial value coupled with increasing global production and trade. Sea cucumbers, informally named as bêche-de-mer, or gamat, have long been used for food and folk medicine in the communities of Asia and Middle East. Nutritionally, sea cucumbers have an impressive profile of valuable nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (niacin), and minerals, especially calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. A number of unique biological and pharmacological activities including anti-angiogenic, anticancer, anticoagulant, anti-hypertension, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antithrombotic, antitumor and wound healing have been ascribed to various species of sea cucumbers. Therapeutic properties and medicinal benefits of sea cucumbers can be linked to the presence of a wide array of bioactives especially triterpene glycosides (saponins), chondroitin sulfates, glycosaminoglycan (GAGs), sulfated polysaccharides, sterols (glycosides and sulfates), phenolics, cerberosides, lectins, peptides, glycoprotein, glycosphingolipids and essential fatty acids. This review is mainly designed to cover the high-value components and bioactives as well as the multiple biological and therapeutic properties of sea cucumbers with regard to exploring their potential uses for functional foods and nutraceuticals. MDPI 2011-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24157/1/High.pdf Bordbar, Sara and Anwar, Farooq and Saari, Nazamid (2011) High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review. Marine Drugs, 9 (10). pp. 1761-1805. ISSN 1660-3397; ESSN:1660-3397 http://www.mdpi.com/ 10.3390/md9101761 English
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description Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holothuroidea, are marine invertebrates, habitually found in the benthic areas and deep seas across the world. They have high commercial value coupled with increasing global production and trade. Sea cucumbers, informally named as bêche-de-mer, or gamat, have long been used for food and folk medicine in the communities of Asia and Middle East. Nutritionally, sea cucumbers have an impressive profile of valuable nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (niacin), and minerals, especially calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. A number of unique biological and pharmacological activities including anti-angiogenic, anticancer, anticoagulant, anti-hypertension, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antithrombotic, antitumor and wound healing have been ascribed to various species of sea cucumbers. Therapeutic properties and medicinal benefits of sea cucumbers can be linked to the presence of a wide array of bioactives especially triterpene glycosides (saponins), chondroitin sulfates, glycosaminoglycan (GAGs), sulfated polysaccharides, sterols (glycosides and sulfates), phenolics, cerberosides, lectins, peptides, glycoprotein, glycosphingolipids and essential fatty acids. This review is mainly designed to cover the high-value components and bioactives as well as the multiple biological and therapeutic properties of sea cucumbers with regard to exploring their potential uses for functional foods and nutraceuticals.
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author Bordbar, Sara
Anwar, Farooq
Saari, Nazamid
spellingShingle Bordbar, Sara
Anwar, Farooq
Saari, Nazamid
High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
author_facet Bordbar, Sara
Anwar, Farooq
Saari, Nazamid
author_sort Bordbar, Sara
title High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
title_short High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
title_full High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
title_fullStr High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
title_full_unstemmed High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-A review.
title_sort high-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods-a review.
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24157/1/High.pdf
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