Isolation and characterization of pepsin-solubilized collagen from the integument of sea cucumber (Stichopus vastus)

• Main Authors: Zainul Abedin, Md, A Karim, Alias, Ahmed, Faiyaz, A Latiff, Aishah, Chee-Yuen, Gan, Che Ghazali, Farid, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2012
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/27817/1/JSFA_Zainul.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/27817/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.5854/abstract

BACKGROUND: Sea cucumber (Stichopus vastus) is considered an underutilized resource, since only its stomach and intestines are eaten raw as salad in a few countries and the remaining parts, especially the integument rich in collagen, is discarded.Hence a valuable by-product having potential nutrac...