Sea cucumber is high in protein, low in fat and sugar, and rich in various essential amino acids, vitamins, essential fatty acids, macro and trace elements. The highest content of protein in dried products is 9 1.20%, and other kinds are about 80%. The highest fat content of Japanese ginseng is 3.7%, and most other varieties are below 1%. The highest sugar content of Stichopus japonicus is 13.2%, and other species are below 3%. Protein is the material basis of life activities and the main substance that constitutes the human body. Fat and sugar are the main sources of energy and heat for human body. [ 1]

Sea cucumber contains 18 kinds of amino acids, among which glycine, arginine and glutamic acid are much higher than other amino acids. In addition, the essential amino acid content of Stichopus japonicus is significantly higher than that of other sea cucumbers. Amino acids are the material basis for the synthesis of protein, and have extremely high nutritional and medicinal values. [ 1]

Sea cucumbers belong to invertebrates, echinoderms and sea cucumbers. There are more than 900 species in the world, and about 140 species in China. Among them, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean are the regions with the largest variety and resources of sea cucumbers in the world. Sea cucumbers in China are distributed in temperate zone and tropical zone. The temperate zone is mainly located in Bo Huang sea area, and the main economic species is Stichopus japonicus, which is also the most famous sea cucumber species in China. The tropics are mainly in the coastal areas of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, and the main economic variety is Japanese ginseng. Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and Hainan Island are the main producing areas of tropical sea cucumbers in China. Sea cucumber is one of the "eight treasures" among all kinds of delicacies, and it also has a variety of nourishing and health preserving functions specially designated by Chinese medicine. Over the past half century, scholars at home and abroad have studied more than 40 chemical constituents of sea cucumber. The research shows that sea cucumber is not only rich in more than 50 nutrients needed by human body, such as amino acids, vitamins and chemical elements, but also contains many bioactive substances, such as acidic mucopolysaccharides, saponins and collagen, etc. The pharmacological activities of sea cucumber active substances are very extensive. [ 1]

Chinese name

sea cucumber

Foreign name

Stichopus japonicus (Stichopus japonicus); sea cucumber

boundary

animal kingdom