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Jurnal Pengolahan Hasil Perikanan Indonesia
Vol 10 No 1 (2007): Buletin Teknologi Hasil Perikanan

Sea cucumber (Holothurians) is one of fisheries commodities which has a high economic value. Generally sea cucumber is traded in the dried form (beche-de-mer). Then these holothurians are consumed as dried gonads (konoko) or dried gut (konowata), either holothurians crispy. Bioactive of sea cucumber, commonly known as holothurin, has drawn attention because of its wide spectrum of biological effects namely antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer or cytotoxic, haemolytic and anti-inflammation.Keywords : anticancer, anti-inflammation, Holothuria, natural products, sea cucumber1)Staf