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Table 3 Bioactive compounds of Stichopus japonicus

From: Biological activities and biomedical potential of sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus): a review

Bioactive compounds

Chemical structure

Molecular weight

Ref.

Peptides

  

(Zheng et al. 2012)

 VTPY

478.55 Da

 

 VLLY

506.64 Da

 

 VGTVEM

634.75 Da

 

 GPEPTGPTGAPQWLR

1563 Da

(Zhou et al. 2012)

Fatty acids

 7(Z)-octadecenoic acid

C18H34O2

282.468 g/mol

(Nguyen et al. 2011)

 7(Z),10(Z)-octadecadienoic acid

C19H34O2

294.479 g/mol

 

Glycosaminoglycans

 chondroitin sulfates

 a core chondroitin sulfate unit of E-typ

average 98.07 kDa

(Yang et al. 2015b)

 Other core disaccharide units

  

 fucan sulfates

A type B type

A type

9 kDa

B type

32 kDa

(Kariya et al. 2004)

 fucoidan

1970 kDa

 

Glycosides

 1. 26-nor-25-oxo-holotoxin A1

 2. holotoxins D

 3. holotoxins E

 6. holotoxins A1

 7. holotoxins B

 4. holotoxins F

 5. holotoxins G

 8. cladoloside B

1. C65H102O32Na1417.625 g/mol

2. C66H104O32N1431.640 g/mol

3. C65H102O31Na1401.6313 g/mol

6. C66H104O311393.527 g/mol

7. C66H104O321409.526 g/mol

4. C59H96O261221.391 g/mol

5. C58H94O251191.365 g/mol

8. C59H92O271233.358 g/mol

(Wang et al. 2012)

holotoxins A

holotoxins B1

C67H106O32

1423.553 g/mol

C66H104O32

1409.510 g/mol

(Dong et al. 2008)

Other compounds

adenosine

C10H13N5O4

267.24 g/mol

(Husni et al. 2011)

ethyl-α-D-glucopyranoside

C8H16O6

208.209 g/mol

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