CHARACTERISTICS OF SEA CUCUMBERS AS A VALUABLE AQUACULTURE OBJECT FOR OBTAINING PHYSIOLOGICALLY USEFUL PRODUCTS

Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the development of the fishing industry and, as a result, aquaculture farms in the Far East of the Russian Federation. Far Eastern sea cucumber (tre-pang) is considered as one of the objects of aquaculture, which is of a great demand in the market of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of the work is to substantiate the expedi-ency of obtaining food products for healthy nutrition from the Far Eastern sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus). The paper presents the assessment results of the physical, chemical, biological and microbiological properties of sea cucumbers grown in the North-ern bay of Khasansky district of Primorsky Krai. The mass com-position of cucumbers produced in the spring and autumn periods is given. In addition to the general chemical composition, the con-tent of such physiologically valuable substances as triterpene gly-cosides, aminosugar (glucosamine, galactosamine) in the sea cu-cumber's muscle tissues was studied. The high biological potency of these components makes it possible to assign the Far Eastern sea cucumber to valuable biological objects. In general, the results of experimental studies on the evaluation of the mass, chemical composition and safety parameters of the Far Eastern sea cu-cumber confirm the expediency of obtaining physiologically useful food products from it.