玻璃海鞘营养成分及相关生物功能研究进展

Proceedings in the Studies on the Nutrients of Ciona and Their Biological Functions

玻璃海鞘(Ciona,CI)广泛分布于山东沿海地区,是发育与进化生物学研究的重要生物,CI被《Science》杂志称为生物学研究的后起之秀,近年来研究发现CI具有抗肿瘤、抗病毒、抗微生物、免疫调节以及生物催化等广泛的生物功能。由海鞘类生物获得的多种海洋活性成分已经进入临床研究,具有良好的应用前景。本文对CI的营养成分、活性成分生物功能进行综述,并探讨CI研究中的问题与应用前景。

Ciona widely inhabits the coastal area of Shandong Province. It was appraised as a bright younger generation by journal Science as a model animal in the study of development and evolution. Re- cent studies have shown that Ciona possesses a wide broad of biological activities, such as antitumor, antivirus, antimicrobial, immunity adjustment and biocatalysis. Several components isolated from Cio- na were developed as medicine at clinical trials. In the present report, the biological function of the ac tive components as well as nutritional substances were presented.