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. 2023 Oct 11;11:e16252. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16252

Table 1. Proximate composition of sea cucumber and sea cucumber viscera (%).

Species Moisture Protein Lipid Ash Carbohydrates References
Sea cucumber
H. arenicola (f) 93.01 4.40 0.60 2.01 Barzkar, Fariman & Taheri (2017)
H. atra (f) 78.34 42.32 1.12 2.38 0.87 Oedjoe (2017)
H. edulis (f) 78.16 41.61 1.08 2.47 1.14 Oedjoe (2017)
H. impatiens (f) 78.41 39.94 1.12 2.16 1.37 Oedjoe (2017)
H. lessoni (d) 13.47 41.18 3.02 34.51 7.86 Andriamanamisata & Telesphore (2019)
H. leucospilota (f) 81.24 45.71 4.60 4.30 44.96 Omran (2013)
H. mammata (f) 85.24 7.88 0.09 5.13 Aydin et al. (2011)
H. nobilis (f) 76.05 42.54 1.09 2.39 0.56 Oedjoe (2017)
H. parva (f) 67.92 17.61 2.43 32.74 Salarzadeh et al. (2012)
H. sanctori (f) 8.02 0.55 Gocer, Olgunoglu & Olgunoglu (2018)
H. scabra (f) 76.03 44.07 1.02 2.01 0.45 Oedjoe (2017)
H. tubulosa (f) 80.77 7.07 10.21 Zmemlia et al. (2020)
P. australis (f) 74.92 20.22 1.42 2.58 0.86 Widianingsih et al. (2016)
P. californicus (d) 4.03 47.03 8.19 25.73 15.02 Bechtel, Oliveira & Smiley (2012)
P. parvimensis (f) 90.80 4.70 0.30 3.40 Chang-Lee, Price & Lampila (1989)
S. herrmanni (d) 8.00 67.90 1.09 17.24 7.34 Shojaei, Ebrahimi & Nazemi (2020)
S. horrens (f) 92.80 3.47 0.39 3.40 Barzkar, Fariman & Taheri (2017)
S. japonicus (f) 92.00 7.70 0.20 2.70 Tanikawa (1955)
S. variegatus (d) 6.27 34.33 1.08 4.34 Ridhowati et al. (2018)
S. vastus (f) 19.46 38.70 0.38 34.04 7.42 Rasyid (2017)
Sea cucumber viscera
A. japonicus (f) 89.54 2.20 2.12 3.94 Lee et al. (2012)
C. frondosa (ad) 7.84 42.20 23.68 11.51 Liu et al. (2021)
C. frondosa (fd) 1.79 46.12 22/77 12.31 Liu et al. (2021)
C. frondosa (f) 82.07 8.65 4.68 2.14 Liu et al. (2021)
C. frondosa (f) 92.3 4.5 2.0 0.7 Mamelona, Louis & Pelletier (2010)
I. japonicus (f) 86.92 6.63 0.16 3.26 Vergara & Rodriguez (2016)
P. californicus (d) 5.50 68.40 5.30 12.18 Bechtel et al. (2013)
- (h) 50.27 22.16 Babji et al. (2020)
- (fr) 76.5 9.3 1.3 12.4 Kim & Kim (2014)

Note:

–, Not determine; ad, air-dried; d, dried; f, fresh; fr, fermented; h, hydrolysate.