title: Traditional Chinese medicine--sea urchin.
abstract: The sea urchin is an ancient, common, seafloor-dwelling marine invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Echinodermata. There are multiple species of sea urchin with resources that are widely distributed in China, where they were used in ancient times as Traditional Chinese Medicine for treating a variety of diseases. At present, it is known that the shell, spine and gonad of the sea urchin have many medicinal values determined through modern research. In this paper, we summarized the major chemical constituents and medicinal value of the sea urchin.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Xiao-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-Peng
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bing-Hua
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Second Military Medical University, No. 800, Xiangyin Rd., Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China. luxiaoling80@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products