斑马鱼在功能性食品研究中的应用进展

Application of zebrafish in functional food research

斑马鱼作为一种新型的模式动物,由于其饲养成本低、产卵量大、体外受精、发育周期短、透明易观察等优点,已在基础研究、药物开发、食品安全、环境保护等众多领域有了广泛应用。近年来,斑马鱼作为国际公认适于功效性评价的新型脊椎类模型动物,可为多种食品和功能食品测试功效。本文将介绍近年来斑马鱼作为模式动物在食品,特别是功能性食品在功效研究中的最新进展。

Zebrafish,a novel and well recognized model organism,has been widely used in many scientific fields,such as basic research,drug discovery,and development and environmental toxicology assessments,due to its low cost,high fecundity,external fertilization,short generation time,and transparency at early stages of development.In recent years,the zebrafish has emerged as a new type of vertebrate animal model for assessing nutrition,and biological functions.This article will introduce current uses of zebrafish in food science,including applications of zebrafish in the assessment of general and functional foods.