FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 304-313.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20171130-373

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Advances in Identification of Sea Cucumber

HU Ranran, XING Ranran, ZHANG Jiukai, GE Yiqiang, CHEN Ying   

  1. 1. Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100123, China; 2. College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; 3. China Rural Technology Development Center, Beijing 100045, China
  • Online:2019-04-15 Published:2019-05-05

Abstract: Sea cucumber is broadly favored by consumers due to its high nutritional value and great taste. There are many kinds of sea cucumber products on the market, and the quality and price of various sea cucumber products are different. Nowadays, driven by economic benefits, a number of people mislabel and adulterate high valued sea cucumber products, which has greatly harmed the interests of consumers. Beginning with the current status of adulteration of sea cucumber, this review summarizes the recent progress in the identification of sea cucumber from morphological, physicochemical and molecular biological perspectives. Finally, we discuss future directions in this area of research.

Key words: sea cucumber, identification technique, morphological identification, physicochemical technique, molecular biology technology

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