Biochemical composition and antioxidant potential of the edible Mediterranean sea cucumber <em>Holothuria tubulosa</em>

N. Zmemlia; S. Bejaoui; I. Khemiri; N. Bouriga; I. Louiz; S. El-Bok; M. Ben-Attia; A. Souli

doi:10.3989/gya.0452191

Authors

N. Zmemlia Environment Biomonitoring Laboratory (LR01/ES14), Department of Life Sciences, Bizerta Faculty of Sciences, University of Carthage https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-3170
S. Bejaoui Laboratory of Ecology, Biology and Physiology of Aquatic Organisms (LR18ES41), University of Tunis El Manar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-2763
I. Khemiri Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-6006
N. Bouriga Laboratory of Ecology, Biology and Physiology of Aquatic Organisms (LR18ES41), University of Tunis El Manar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-6896
I. Louiz Environment Biomonitoring Laboratory (LR01/ES14), Department of Life Sciences, Bizerta Faculty of Sciences, University of Carthage https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-2464
S. El-Bok Laboratory of Biodiversity, Biotechnologies and Climate Change (LR11/ES09), Faculty of Sciences of Tunis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2987-9798
M. Ben-Attia Environment Biomonitoring Laboratory (LR01/ES14), Department of Life Sciences, Bizerta Faculty of Sciences, University of Carthage https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-4800
A. Souli Environment Biomonitoring Laboratory (LR01/ES14), Department of Life Sciences, Bizerta Faculty of Sciences, University of Carthage https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7891-3526

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gya.0452191

Keywords:

Antioxidants activities, Fatty acids, Holothuria tubulosa, Nutritional value, Proximate composition, Teguments

Abstract

The sea cucumber or holothurian is a marine species which has been prized in some Asian countries for its nutritional qualities. The purpose of this work was to study the biochemical composition and free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities of Holothuria tubulosa tegument from the Bizerta lagoon in northern Tunisia. The obtained data demonstrated that the extract of sea cucumber teguments exhibited high biochemical levels (such as moisture 80.77%, protein 7.07%, lipids 10.21%, energy value 13.64 Kcal/g ww), and an important nutritional value (including n-3/n-6: 2.11, EPA+DHA: 20.96, AI: 1.38 and TI: 0.54). High antioxidant activities were recorded in the integument by the radical scavenging tests of ABTS and DPPH as well as by the total antioxidant capacity and the FRAP in comparison with the BHT standard. Our results showed that H. Tubulosa tegument has high nutritional value with high antioxidant activities and could be considered a nutraceutical product.

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