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

Show Author's Information Dong Hea,  Wenming Zhua,  Wen Zenga,  Jun Lina,  Yang Jia,  Yi Wanga,  Chong Zhanga,b,  Yuan Lua,  Daoquan Zhaoc,  Nan Sua,b,  Xin-Hui Xinga,b( )
Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Room 601, Yingshi Building, Beijing, 100084, China
Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Henan Academy of Aquatic Sciences, No. 38 Jiangshan Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China

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Nutrition, Functional foods, Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus , Artificial breeding, Medicinal activity, Natural resource protection
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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.


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

Show Author's information Dong Hea, Wenming Zhua, Wen Zenga, Jun Lina, Yang Jia, Yi Wanga, Chong Zhanga,b, Yuan Lua, Daoquan Zhaoc, Nan Sua,b, Xin-Hui Xinga,b( )
Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Room 601, Yingshi Building, Beijing, 100084, China
Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Henan Academy of Aquatic Sciences, No. 38 Jiangshan Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China

Peer review under responsibility of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

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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.

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

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