Nutritional and medicinal characteristics of Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) for applications in healthcare industry by artificial cultivation: A review

作     者：Dong He Wenming Zhu Wen Zenga Jun Lin Yang Ji Yi Wang Chong Zhang Yuan Lu Daoquan Zhao Nan Su Xin-Hui Xing 

作者机构：Key Laboratory for Industrial BiocatalysisMinistry of EducationInstitute of Biochemical EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringRoom 601Yingshi BuildingBeijing100084China Centre for Synthetic and Systems BiologyTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China Henan Academy of Aquatic SciencesNo.38 Jiangshan RoadZhengzhouHenan450001China 

出 版 物：《Food Science and Human Wellness》 (食品科学与人类健康（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第7卷第1期

页      面：1-10页

核心收录：

学科分类：090801[农学-水产养殖] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0908[农学-水产] 08[工学] 09[农学] 083204[工学-水产品加工及贮藏工程] 

基　　金：The authors would like to thank the National Key R&D Plan of China for providing support(NO:2016YFD0400203-4). 

主　　题：Andrias davidianus Artificial breeding Chinese giant salamander Functional foods Medicinal activity Natural resource protection Nutrition 

摘      要：Andrias davidianus,i.e.Chinese giant salamander(CGS),is one of the largest and oldest amphibians existing in the world and is also one of the valuable biological resources of China.Wild CGS has been threatened with extinction in the past decades due to over capturing,deterioration of natural environment,the slow breeding and growth of the wild species in nature.However,in the past twenty years,with the breakthrough and progress of artificial breeding technology by artificial insemination,the number of artificially cultivated CGS has increased rapidly.Artificially cultivated CGS can either be released to the CGS living environment to increase the population in nature or legally applied in food and medicinal industry as a feedstock due to the unique nutritional and medicinal values of CGS as recorded historically.In this review,the nutritional components,bioactive components and medicinal activities of the artificially cultivated CGS will be summarized.The mucus,skin,meat and bone of CGS contain many different bioactive substances thereby having various medicinal activities including anti-aging,anti-fatigue,anti-tumor,therapy of burn and anti-infection and other physiological functions.This paper will further discuss the potential applications of the artificially cultivated CGS in healthcare industry and prospects of future technological development.