Natural Products Isolated from Sea Cucumber have Anticancer Properties

Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates that belong to the class Holothuroidea, phylum Echinodermata, and are phylogenetically related to starfish, sea urchins, and sea lilies. Vitamins, calcium, triterpene glycosides, fucoidan, and sphingoid bases are among the minerals and natural products found in sea cucumbers. In human cancer cell lines, natural chemicals isolated from sea cucumber have been shown to have high cytotoxic activity.