Holothurians, commonly known as sea cucumbers, belong to the Phylum echinoderms. These marine organisms contain a wide variety of active ingredients, such as carbohydrates, lipids, neurotoxins and enzymes. The knowledge of digestive enzymes in the sea cucumber could clarify its nutritional biochemistry and physiology. Determining the digestive capabilities of these...
Las actividades antropogénicas han perjudicado al ambiente y a diversos organismos que en él habitan. Las almejas se han propuesto como bioindicadores ya que permiten una visión integral y retrospectiva de las cualidades del medio en el que se desarrollan. En México existen sitios de importancia turística, comercial y riqueza...
Los organismos marinos se han adaptado a diferentes condiciones ambientales a través del tiempo, estas adaptaciones se han traducido en proteasas con propiedades únicas. Los pepinos de mar son invertebrados del fondo marino apreciados en la gastronomía oriental por su alto valor nutricional y compuestos bioactivos. Dichos organismos poseen un...
Jellyfish has been recently recognized as an important fishing resource in Asia as well as in America. However, only few classes are edible. Until recently, the Mexican industry began to show interest in fishing for Stomolophus meleagris, known as “cannonball jellyfish”. In this continent, cannonball jellyfish catching is practiced along...
The phylum Cnidarian contains about 11,000 species, the jellyfishes has cells specialized (cnidocitos) that contain toxins; this toxins have the potential to be a tool with which to study some complex physiological systems, in addition to being used for the manufacture of new drugs and obtaining knowledge of its operation...