Topic
Stichopus
About: Stichopus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 582 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5992 citations.
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TL;DR: The unique textural properties of cooked sea cucumber seem to be due to thermal denaturation of the insoluble collagen fibers.
Abstract:
The body wall collagen of an edible sea cucumber, Stichopus japonicus, was studied with respect to its chemical composition and subunit structure. About 70% of the total body wall protein was accounted for by highly insoluble collagen fibers. The disaggregation with β-mercaptoethanol, 0.1 M NaOH treatment, and limited pepsin digestion of these collagen fibers resulted in complete solubilization. The solubilized collagen was isolated and characterized; it had 2 distinct subunits, αl and α2, which formed (α1)2α2 heterotrimers and was rich in glutamic acid when compared with other fibrillar collagens. The unique textural properties of cooked sea cucumber seem to be due to thermal denaturation of the insoluble collagen fibers.
208 citations
TL;DR: Results suggest that types A and B fucan sulfate from sea cucumber are potent inhibitors of osteoclastogenesis.
154 citations
TL;DR: The Fourier transform infrared spectra, combined with amino acid composition analysis, revealed that iron bound to the SCOHs primarily through interactions with carboxyl oxygen of Asp, guanidine nitrogen of Arg or nitrogen atoms in imidazole group of His.
129 citations
1 Jan 1999
TL;DR: This paper summarizes information about the culture of H. scabra and compares it to that of the temperate species Stichopus japonicus and shows the tropical species that show the best potential for stock enhancement.
Abstract: Severe overfishing of sea cucumbers has occurred in most countries of the tropical Indo-Pacific. The release of juveniles is being examined at the ICLARM Coastal Aquaculture Centre in the Solomon islands as a means of restoring and enhancing tropical sea cucumber stocks. Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) are the tropical species that show the best potential for stock enhancement. Sandfish are of high value, widely distributed and relatively easy to culture in simple systemss at a low cost. This paper summarizes information about the culture of H. scabra and compares it to that of the temperate species Stichopus japonicus.
126 citations
TL;DR: Abalone in coculture groups showed significantly better growth performance and higher survival, suggesting that coculture of juvenile abalone with sea cucumber, a deposit-feeding species, can reduce the levels of inorganic nitrogen in the water and consequently enhance growth.
108 citations
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| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2018 | 36 |
| 2017 | 49 |