Bioactive secondary metabolites in sea cucumbers and their potential to use in the functional food industry

The bioactive secondary metabolites produced by sea cucumbers are very diverse with differences in composition, linkages, molecular weight, and various functional properties. Due to their physicochemical properties, these molecules have found applications market segments such as foods cosmetics. Sea cucumber side dishes a prominent food item traditional cuisine East Asian countries South Korea, China, Japan. In addition, many studies reported that the consumption of can reduce risk cardiovascular disease, pathogenesis cancer cells, chronic inflammatory diseases, etc. particular, recently potential develop products inflammation, oxidative stress, diabetes, cancer. Additionally, properties associated make them ideal compounds for use ingredients products. However, no report has yet reviewed related foods. Therefore, this review, primary focus is given collecting published scientific data (from 2019 2023) on relevant industry.