The sea cucumber contains active substances such as protein, calcium, potassium, zinc, iron, selenium, manganese, etc. In addition to these, the sea cucumber also contains other active ingredients such as holothurin (sea cucumber toxin) and acidic mucopolysaccharides composed of amino hexoses, hexuronic acid, and fucose. It also contains 18 kinds of amino acids and is cholesterol-free. (See "Fauna Sinica Holothuroidea" and "Chinese Marine Medicines")
1. Acidic Mucopolysaccharides: Its components (content) are galactosamine (1.00), glucuronic acid (0.90), fucose (0.84), and sulfate groups (3.60). The molecular weight is 4-50,000, with an effective molecular weight of about 10,000. This is a new generation currently being researched and developed by global pharmaceutical scientists. It effectively prevents arteriosclerosis and repairs old myocardial infarctions. It has anticoagulant properties, can lower blood lipids, reduce blood viscosity and plasma viscosity, and has a significant effect on cerebral thrombosis, the recovery period of myocardial infarction, and ischemic heart disease. It also lowers blood pressure, reduces blood indicators, has antioxidant and anti-aging effects, enhances male sexual function, prolongs the menstrual cycle in women, making you look younger in spirit, temperament, and appearance, and improves the body's immune system.
2. Holothurin: It has strong cytotoxicity and ichthyotoxin, inhibits P388 cancer cells (ED50-29), also inhibits KB cells, suppresses the synthesis of proteins, nucleic acids, and nucleotides, and has the ability to enhance human immunity, fight cancer, kill bacteria, and has strong anti-corrosion capabilities.
3. 18 kinds of amino acids (aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, proline, glycine, alanine, valine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, lysine, ammonia, histidine, arginine, etc.) are essential for the human body to rely on external input, then synthesized into various important proteins by the human body to exert their functions. As is well known, certain people suffer fatal diseases due to a lack of some essential amino acids. Therefore, obtaining the amino acids required by the human body is particularly important for normal human development, and authentic sea cucumbers contain these essential amino acids.